Locunolé

Locunolé (French pronunciation: [lɔkynɔle]; Breton: Lokunole) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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Commune
The church of Saint-Guénolé
Location of Locunolé
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Coordinates: 47°56′13″N 3°28′38″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Quimperlé
Intercommunality	CA Quimperlé Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Corinne Collet[1]
Area 1	16.78 km2 (6.48 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,166
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29136 /29310
Elevation	12–121 m (39–397 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Toponymy

From the Breton loc which means hermitage and 'unolé' which derive from Saint Guénolé.

Geography

The village centre is located 9 km (5.6 mi) north-east of Quimperlé. The river Ellé forms the eastern border of the commune.

Neighbouring communes

Locunolé is border by Guilligomarc'h to east, by Arzano to south, by Tréméven to west and by Querrien to north.

Population

Inhabitants of Locunolé are called in French Locunolois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 598 —     1800 422 −4.86% 1806 412 −0.40% 1821 417 +0.08% 1831 431 +0.33% 1841 463 +0.72% 1846 502 +1.63% 1851 480 −0.89% 1856 435 −1.95% 1861 977 +17.57% 1866 1,028 +1.02% 1872 963 −1.08% 1876 1,109 +3.59% 1881 1,093 −0.29% 1886 1,170 +1.37% 1891 1,224 +0.91% 1896 1,263 +0.63% 1901 1,320 +0.89%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,343 +0.35% 1911 1,455 +1.61% 1921 1,453 −0.01% 1926 1,505 +0.71% 1931 1,434 −0.96% 1936 1,382 −0.74% 1946 1,330 −0.38% 1954 1,117 −2.16% 1962 1,018 −1.15% 1968 852 −2.92% 1975 824 −0.48% 1982 836 +0.21% 1990 875 +0.57% 1999 869 −0.08% 2007 984 +1.57% 2012 1,134 +2.88% 2017 1,154 +0.35%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Map

Topographic map

Gallery

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  The parish church Saint Guénolé
• 
  Chapel Notre Dame de Folgoët
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  Chapel Sainte-Gertrude
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  Fountains of saints
• 
  Mill Mohot

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Entry on sculptor of local war memorial Jean Joncourt