Locquénolé

Locquénolé (Breton: Lokenole) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Locquénolé Lokenole
Commune
The church of Saint-Guénolé
Location of Locquénolé
Locquénolé Locquénolé
Coordinates: 48°37′31″N 3°51′34″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Morlaix
Intercommunality	Morlaix Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Guy Pouliquen
Area ^1	0.85 km^2 (0.33 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	787
• Density	930/km^2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29132 /29670
Elevation	0–81 m (0–266 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Toponymy

From the Breton lok which means hermitage (cf.: Locminé), and Guénolé a Breton saint.

Population

Inhabitants of Locquénolé are called in French Locquénolésiens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 244 —     1800 256 +4.9% 1806 254 −0.8% 1821 311 +22.4% 1831 373 +19.9% 1836 374 +0.3% 1841 417 +11.5% 1846 454 +8.9% 1851 495 +9.0% 1856 507 +2.4% 1861 496 −2.2% 1866 595 +20.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1872 600 +0.8% 1876 610 +1.7% 1881 618 +1.3% 1886 743 +20.2% 1891 766 +3.1% 1896 714 −6.8% 1901 742 +3.9% 1906 845 +13.9% 1911 769 −9.0% 1921 738 −4.0% 1926 767 +3.9% 1931 745 −2.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1936 697 −6.4% 1946 709 +1.7% 1954 566 −20.2% 1962 718 +26.9% 1968 615 −14.3% 1975 631 +2.6% 1982 648 +2.7% 1990 726 +12.0% 1999 716 −1.4% 2008 760 +6.1%

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)