Loqueffret

Loqueffret (French pronunciation: [lɔkefʁɛt]; Breton: Lokeored) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Loqueffret Lokeored
Commune
The church of Sainte-Geneviève, in Loqueffret
Location of Loqueffret
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Coordinates: 48°19′20″N 3°51′14″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Carhaix-Plouguer
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Louis Marie Le Guillou[1]
Area 1	27.40 km2 (10.58 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	338
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29141 /29530
Elevation	87–297 m (285–974 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Located south of the monts d ' Arrée, in the eastern part of the Armorique regional natural park, it is a small rural village, former home of the Pilhaouers. Covering 2 770 hectares, the commune had in 2006 of 406 inhabitants. Served by a dense drainage network, it presents two distinct part geographical entities and other sandstone of the monts d ' Arrée domes: northern slopes covered wildfires down towards Lake Saint-Michel, South of the slopes in crops or afforested, more conducive to agricultural soils.

"The parish church, the chapel of the cross and the Manor of du Rusquec remain important heritage sites, while the quality and variety of natural sites, paths and panoramas favour activities related to tourism rural

Population

Inhabitants of Loqueffret are called in French Loqueffretois. In 1884 the commune of Brennilis was separated from Loqueffret.^[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,554 —     1800 1,689 +1.20% 1806 1,534 −1.59% 1821 1,767 +0.95% 1831 1,861 +0.52% 1836 1,890 +0.31% 1841 1,892 +0.02% 1846 1,927 +0.37% 1851 1,758 −1.82% 1856 1,763 +0.06% 1861 1,801 +0.43% 1866 1,920 +1.29% 1872 1,991 +0.61% 1876 1,986 −0.06% 1881 1,825 −1.68% 1886 997 −11.39% 1891 1,129 +2.52% 1896 1,135 +0.11%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,190 +0.95% 1906 1,258 +1.12% 1911 1,316 +0.91% 1921 1,157 −1.28% 1926 1,115 −0.74% 1931 1,010 −1.96% 1936 990 −0.40% 1946 958 −0.33% 1954 802 −2.20% 1962 725 −1.25% 1968 692 −0.77% 1975 511 −4.24% 1982 482 −0.83% 1990 428 −1.47% 1999 435 +0.18% 2007 408 −0.80% 2012 395 −0.65% 2017 359 −1.89%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

Loqueffret

Banner of Saint Edeyrn at Loqueffret France.

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Parc naturel régional d'Armorique
• Loqueffret Parish close