Lannilis

Lannilis (French pronunciation: [lanilis]; Breton: Lanniliz) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Lannilis Lanniliz
Commune
The Chateau of Kerouartz
Coat of arms
Location of Lannilis
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Coordinates: 48°34′15″N 4°31′08″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Plabennec
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-François Tréguer[1]
Area 1	23.52 km2 (9.08 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,712
• Density	242.9/km2 (629.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29117 /29870
Elevation	0–58 m (0–190 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Lannilis are called in French Lannilisiens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,471 —     1800 3,112 +3.35% 1806 3,315 +1.06% 1821 2,866 −0.97% 1831 3,179 +1.04% 1836 3,094 −0.54% 1841 3,124 +0.19% 1846 3,361 +1.47% 1851 3,430 +0.41% 1856 3,386 −0.26% 1861 3,326 −0.36% 1866 3,318 −0.05%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1872 3,318 +0.00% 1876 3,270 −0.36% 1881 3,225 −0.28% 1886 3,231 +0.04% 1891 3,323 +0.56% 1896 3,363 +0.24% 1901 3,406 +0.25% 1906 3,553 +0.85% 1911 3,591 +0.21% 1921 3,312 −0.81% 1926 3,527 +1.27% 1931 3,550 +0.13%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 3,430 −0.69% 1946 3,750 +0.90% 1954 3,432 −1.10% 1962 3,612 +0.64% 1968 3,556 −0.26% 1975 3,686 +0.51% 1982 3,939 +0.95% 1990 4,272 +1.02% 1999 4,473 +0.51% 2007 5,016 +1.44% 2012 5,349 +1.29% 2017 5,592 +0.89%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 27 June 2008.

In 2008, 33.17% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.^[5]

History

A population of Cacous, a persecuted minority of ropemakers, still lived isolated in the village of Trebirou [Trobérou] in Lannilis in 1847.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department