Loqueffret

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

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Commune
The church of Sainte-Geneviève, in Loqueffret
Location of Loqueffret
Loqueffret Loqueffret
Coordinates: 48°19′20″N 3°51′14″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Carhaix-Plouguer
Intercommunality	Yeun Elez
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Marcel Salaün
Area ^1	27.40 km^2 (10.58 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	359
• Density	13/km^2 (34/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 km^2 (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.

Historical population of Loqueffret

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	1554	1689	1534	1767	1861	1890	1892	1927	1758	1763

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
Population	1801	1920	1991	1986	1825	997	1129	1135	1190	1258

Year	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
Population	1316	1157	1115	1010	990	958	802	725	674	511

Year	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	482	428	435	406

See also

Loqueffret

Banner of Saint Edeyrn at Loqueffret France.

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

References

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

External links

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