Lopérec

Lopérec Lopereg
The parish church in Lopérec
Lopérec
Location within Brittany region  Lopérec
Coordinates: 48°16′41″N 4°02′46″W / 48.2781°N 4.0461°WCoordinates: 48°16′41″N 4°02′46″W / 48.2781°N 4.0461°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Carhaix-Plouguer
Intercommunality	Yeun Elez
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Yves Crenn
Area^1	39.49 km^2 (15.25 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	804
• Density	20/km^2 (53/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	29139 / 29590
Elevation	11–316 m (36–1,037 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.

Lopérec (Breton: Lopereg) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It is in the canton of Carhaix-Plouguer in the arrondissement of Châteaulin.^[1] Lopérec is located within the Parc naturel régional d'Armorique.

Population

Inhabitants of Lopérec are called Lopérécois in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,118	—
1800	1,588	−25.0%
1821	1,826	+15.0%
1831	1,897	+3.9%
1836	2,030	+7.0%
1841	2,056	+1.3%
1846	2,101	+2.2%
1851	2,062	−1.9%
1856	1,938	−6.0%
1861	1,893	−2.3%
1866	2,016	+6.5%
1872	1,902	−5.7%
1876	1,899	−0.2%
1881	1,885	−0.7%
1886	1,875	−0.5%
1891	1,892	+0.9%
1896	1,757	−7.1%
1901	1,803	+2.6%
1906	1,845	+2.3%
1911	1,778	−3.6%
1921	1,661	−6.6%
1926	1,640	−1.3%
1931	1,522	−7.2%
1936	1,411	−7.3%
1946	1,337	−5.2%
1954	1,210	−9.5%
1962	1,082	−10.6%
1968	943	−12.8%
1975	769	−18.5%
1982	674	−12.4%
1990	723	+7.3%
1999	714	−1.2%
2008	804	+12.6%

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Parc naturel régional d'Armorique
• Calvary at Lopérec

References

• INSEE

1. "Commune de Lopérec". INSEE. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French);

External links

• Official website (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Lopérec (French)