Langonnet () is a commune in the

Morbihan The Morbihan ( , ; ) is a departments of France, department in the administrative region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Gulf of Morbihan, Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton ...

department of

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in north-western

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Geography

Langonnet is in north-west of Cornouaille, in Lower Brittany. It is one of the few Cornouaille parishes to be located in the present-day Morbihan department. Thus, the main language was Breton until the advent of

intensive farming Intensive agriculture, also known as intensive farming (as opposed to extensive farming), conventional, or industrial agriculture, is a type of agriculture, both of arable farming, crop plants and of Animal husbandry, animals, with higher levels ...

after the Second World War, at which point the population, previously bilingual, switched to French. The parish comprises two main settlements: * the actual town of Langonnet in the south * the town of La Trinité-Langonnet in north-east In the south-east is the former Langonnet Abbey (''Abbaye Notre-Dame de Langonnet'').

Topography

The highest point of the parish is the ''calotte Saint Joseph'', a round hill whose top is 292 meters above sea level. It offers a good view of the surrounding area, most of the parish being at 190-meter level.

Neighboring communes

Langonnet is bordered by Plouray and Priziac to the east, Le Faouët to the south, Le Saint and Gourin to the west and Tréogan, Plévin,

Paule Paule (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Paule are called ''paulois'' in French. Geography Paule is located on the northern slope of the Montagnes Noires (fren ...

and Glomel to the north.

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Toponymy

The commune's name is written "Langoned" in modern Breton but has been spelled in various ways through the years due to various attempts to transcribe the Breton phonetic system into the Latin alphabet: * 11th century : (Lan)Chunuett * 1152 : Langenoit * 1161 : Langonio * 1168 : Lanngonio * 1301 : Lenguenet * 1368 : Langonec * 1368 : Langonio * 1373 : Languenec * 1516 : Langonet * 1516 : Langonio * 1536 : Langonnet * 1574 : Langonec * 1630 : Langouet * Today: Langoned The name is said to come from "Lann-Conet", the monastery ("lan" in Breton; compare Welsh "llan", as in

Llanelli ; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire and the Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is on the estuary of the River Loughor and is the largest town in the Principal areas of Wales, ...

) of ''Conet'' (or Conoit, Konoed, Kon(n)ed, Konoid = Cynwyd, Kynwyd or Kynyd in Welsh), a Welsh saint who was active in Brittany.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Langonnet are called ''Langonnetais'' in French and ''Langonediz'' in Breton. Langonnet's population peaked at 4,848 in 1931 and declined to 1,708 in 2020. This represents a 65% decrease from the peak census figure.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 27 January 2005.

Gallery

Landscapes

Calotte St Joseph Langonnet.JPG, The Calotte Saint Joseph, highest peak of the village Botquelvez Trinité Langonnet.JPG, Panoramic view from the top of the Calotte Saint-Joseph Langonnet_Minez_Collobert.jpg, Panoramic view from the top of the Minez Collobert

References

External links

Official site
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Mayors of Morbihan Association
Communes of Morbihan {{Morbihan-geo-stub