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Locronan

Coordinates: 48°06′00″N 4°12′24″W / 48.1000°N 4.2067°W / 48.1000; -4.2067
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Locronan
Lokorn
Commune
Coat of arms of Locronan
Coat of arms
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Location of Locronan
Location within France
Location within Brittany
Coordinates: 48°06′00″N 4°12′24″W / 48.1000°N 4.2067°W / 48.1000; -4.2067
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonQuimper-1
IntercommunalityQuimper Bretagne Occidentale
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Antoine Gabrièle[1]
Area
1
8.08 km2 (3.12 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29134 /29180
Elevation38–280 m (125–919 ft)
(avg. 145 m or 476 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Locronan (French pronunciation: [lɔkʁɔnɑ̃]; Breton: Lokorn) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Locronan is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.[2]

Toponymy

The village's name means the "hermitage of Ronan", from the Breton lok ("hermitage") of Saint Ronan. It was previously known as Saint-René-du-Bois.

Saint Ronan, greatly venerated in Brittany, was a 6th-century Irish Christian missionary who came to the region to teach the people. As his association with Locronan is close, some of his relics are kept in the parish church.

History

Locronan is a small town built at the foot of a hill. It was granted town status in 1505 by Anne of Brittany, who went there on a pilgrimage.

Since the 15th century, hemp has naturally grown in the area (see Hemp in France). It was cultivated and processed in a hemp industry in the town at the time, and it was widely used. The town was quite prosperous. Its hemp was exported internationally, as it was used for rigging the ships, both commercial and military, that operated from Brittany's many ports. The Saint Ronan church was built in this period, as well as the small chapel of Penity.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 672—    
1975 686+0.29%
1982 704+0.37%
1990 796+1.55%
1999 799+0.04%
2007 800+0.02%
2012 806+0.15%
2017 795−0.27%
2023 829+0.70%
Source: INSEE[3]

Inhabitants of Locronan are called in French Locronanais.

Breton language

The municipality launched a plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 23 November 2007 to revive the Breton language.

Events

Troménie is a pilgrimage festival that includes a large procession, whose participants carry the banners of participating parishes.

Held every six years between the second and third Sundays in July, the Grande Troménie is a pilgrimage of about 12 km, traversing the wider sacred area around Locronan. In the intervening five years, the Petite Troménie is held on the second Sunday in July. It is based in the town and church of Locronan. These are among the major pardons or ceremonies of the traditional Breton festal calendar.

Locronan has been used as a setting in films:

Locronan is the hometown of the character Ted's mother in Catriona Ward's novel, The Last House on Needless Street.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in français). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Locronan (Département du Finistère): Cité de granit en pays de Quimper". Les Plus Beaux Villages de France. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
  4. ↑ Ward, Catriona. The Last House on Needless Street. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2021
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