Loqueffret

Commune in Brittany, France

Loqueffret Lokeored
Commune
The church of Sainte-Geneviève, in Loqueffret
Location of Loqueffret
(2020–2026)		Marcel Salaün^[1]
Area ¹	27.40 km² (10.58 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	340
• Density	12/km² (32/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 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loqueffret (French pronunciation: [lɔkefʁɛt]; Breton: Lokeored) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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. In 1884 the commune of Brennilis was separated from Loqueffret.^[3]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,554	—
1800	1,689	+1.20%
1806	1,534	−1.59%
1821	1,767	+0.95%
1831	1,861	+0.52%
1836	1,890	+0.31%
1841	1,892	+0.02%
1846	1,927	+0.37%
1851	1,758	−1.82%
1856	1,763	+0.06%
1861	1,801	+0.43%
1866	1,920	+1.29%
1872	1,991	+0.61%
1876	1,986	−0.06%
1881	1,825	−1.68%
1886	997	−11.39%
1891	1,129	+2.52%
1896	1,135	+0.11%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,190	+0.95%
1906	1,258	+1.12%
1911	1,316	+0.91%
1921	1,157	−1.28%
1926	1,115	−0.74%
1931	1,010	−1.96%
1936	990	−0.40%
1946	958	−0.33%
1954	802	−2.20%
1962	725	−1.25%
1968	692	−0.77%
1975	511	−4.24%
1982	482	−0.83%
1990	428	−1.47%
1999	435	+0.18%
2007	408	−0.80%
2012	395	−0.65%
2017	359	−1.89%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Loqueffret, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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)