Lanmeur

Lanmeur Lanneur
Notre-Dame de Kernitron in Lanmeur
Coat of arms
Lanmeur
Location within Brittany region  Lanmeur
Coordinates: 48°38′53″N 3°42′51″W / 48.6481°N 3.7142°WCoordinates: 48°38′53″N 3°42′51″W / 48.6481°N 3.7142°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Lanmeur
Intercommunality	Morlaix
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Luc Fichet
Area^1	26.47 km^2 (10.22 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	2,166
• Density	82/km^2 (210/sq mi)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

A hamlet in the commune called Kerouac (Breton: Kervoach) has been established as the source of the name of the American writer Jack Kerouac.^[1] A street in Lanmeur has been named rue Jack Kerouac,^[2] and in March 2010 a first Jack Kerouac Festival took place in the commune.^[3]

Population

Inhabitants of Lanmeur are called in French Lanmeuriens.

Breton language

In 2008, 15.26% of primar-school children attended bilingual schools.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

• INSEE

1. Patricia Dagier, Jack Kerouac, Breton d'Amérique (Editions Le Télégramme, 2009)
2. Commemorative Plaques Kirouac at genealogie.org
3. Lanmeur. Un premier festival consacré à Jack Kerouac at nordbretagne.fr (page in French)
4. (French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French);
• INSEE commune file

External links

• French Ministry of Culture list for Lanmeur (French)