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Lanfains (French pronunciation: ​[lɑ̃fɛ̃]; Breton: Lanfeun) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

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Commune
The centre of Lanfains
Location of Lanfains
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Coordinates: 48°21′14″N 2°54′46″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Plélo
Intercommunality	Saint-Brieuc Armor
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Mérot[1]
Area 1	21.87 km2 (8.44 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	1,098
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22099 /22800
Elevation	147–322 m (482–1,056 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 Lanfains are called lanfinois in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1801 2,000 —     1806 1,984 −0.8% 1816 2,068 +4.2% 1821 2,150 +4.0% 1826 2,216 +3.1% 1831 2,342 +5.7% 1836 2,226 −5.0% 1841 2,316 +4.0% 1846 2,342 +1.1% 1851 2,250 −3.9% 1856 2,306 +2.5% 1861 2,296 −0.4% 1866 2,287 −0.4% 1872 2,045 −10.6% 1876 1,954 −4.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1881 1,771 −9.4% 1886 1,753 −1.0% 1891 1,593 −9.1% 1896 1,527 −4.1% 1901 1,377 −9.8% 1906 1,301 −5.5% 1962 957 −26.4% 1968 978 +2.2% 1975 894 −8.6% 1982 796 −11.0% 1990 828 +4.0% 1999 868 +4.8% 2008 987 +13.7% 2014 1,077 +9.1%

Geography

The Lanfains countryside is bocage with undulating relief (Armorican Massif).

The highest point in the commune at 323 m is situated at Bel Air-Porpaire. This makes Lanfains one of the highest communes in Brittany, the church standing at an altitude of 310 m.

The neighbouring communes are Saint-Brandan, L'Hermitage-Lorge, Le Bodéo, La Harmoye, Saint-Bihy and Le Fœil. Quintin, Allineuc and Corlay are a few kilometres away.

History

Lanfains' name comes from the Breton language "lann" (hermitage) and, it seems, from the Latin "fanum" (temple). Lanfains was situated at the border of the Gallo and Breton languages.

The parish of Lanfains was first mentioned in 1428.

A wind farm was installed in the commune in 2005.

Economy

Agriculture is the main economic activity of the commune. It is essentially geared to husbandry of cattle, poultry and pigs and polyculture. The area of the commune is 2,187 hectares. Two food industry enterprises are present, the LDC abattoir and the Armoricaine dairy. Artisan work is represented by a roofer, a plumber, a sawmill, a fish farmer and a milk factory. There are several commercial firms in the commune including a café and bar, a crêperie, a garage, a public works firm and a poultry transporter.

Sights

• Saint-Guyganton church - built 1717 and restored in 1845.
• Le Pas (with space for leisure, lake, camping and chapel, crossed by the Saint-Brieuc-Loudéac railway, the former foundry-forge of Le Pas which was active from 1828 to 1978)

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

References

External links

• Official website of the Mairie (in French)

На других языках

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[ru] Ланфен

Ланфе́н (фр. Lanfains, брет. Lanfeun) — коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Бретань. Департамент — Кот-д’Армор. Входит в состав кантона Плело. Округ коммуны — Сен-Бриё.

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