Locminé (French pronunciation: [lɔkmine]; Breton: Logunec'h) is a commune in the Morbihan department and Brittany region of north-western France.[3]
Locminé
Logunec'h | |
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Commune | |
![]() The Place de la République in Locminé | |
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Location of Locminé ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 47°53′15″N 2°50′04″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Pontivy |
Canton | Grand-Champ |
Intercommunality | Centre Morbihan Communauté |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Grégoire Super[1] |
Area 1 | 4.86 km2 (1.88 sq mi) |
Population | 4,505 |
• Density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 56117 /56500 |
Elevation | 69–153 m (226–502 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
The name Locminé comes from the Breton Loc'h menec'h, itself from the Latin Locus monachorum – (sacred) place of the monks – after the monastery established here in 1008. Use of the term loc'h to denote the many small monasteries founded in Brittany between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries was commonplace, and this is the origin of the majority of parish names beginning in Loc-.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1946 | 2,698 | — |
1954 | 2,236 | −17.1% |
1962 | 2,442 | +9.2% |
1968 | 2,675 | +9.5% |
1975 | 3,396 | +27.0% |
1982 | 3,424 | +0.8% |
1990 | 3,346 | −2.3% |
1999 | 3,430 | +2.5% |
2007 | 3,978 | +16.0% |
2017 | 4,372 | +9.9% |
Locminé is home to the following educational establishments:
Locminé is twinned with:
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