Lanmeur
Lanmeur (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃mœʁ]; Breton: Lanneur) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Lanmeur
Lanneur | |
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Notre-Dame de Kernitron in Lanmeur | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Lanmeur | |
Lanmeur Lanmeur | |
| Coordinates: 48°38′53″N 3°42′51″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix |
| Canton | Plouigneau |
| Intercommunality | Morlaix Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Anne-Catherine Lucas |
| Area 1 | 26.47 km2 (10.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | 2,362 |
| • Density | 89/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29113 /29620 |
| Elevation | 20–128 m (66–420 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
A hamlet in the commune called Kerouac (Breton: Kervoac'h) has been established as the source of the name of the American writer Jack Kerouac. A street in Lanmeur has been named rue Jack Kerouac, and in March 2010 a first Jack Kerouac Festival took place in the commune.
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