Lanmeur

Lanmeur

Lanneur
Lanmeur Lanneur
Commune
	Notre-Dame de Kernitron in Lanmeur
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lanmeur
	Lanmeur Lanmeur
	Coordinates: 48°38′53″N 3°42′51″W / 48.6481°N 3.7142°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 (2022)	2,367
• 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.

Lanmeur (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃mœʁ]; Breton: Lanneur) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3]

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.^[4] A street in Lanmeur has been named rue Jack Kerouac,^[5] and in March 2010 a first Jack Kerouac Festival took place in the commune.^[6]

History

The Battle of Morlaix, part of the Hundred Years' War, was fought near the town on 30 September 1342 between the English under William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton and the French under Charles, Duke of Brittany. The result was an English victory and has been viewed by historians as presaging the battle tactics of the Battle of Crécy four years later.^[7]^[8]

Geography

Climate

Lanmeur has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Lanmeur is 11.5 °C (52.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 984.9 mm (38.78 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.7 °C (44.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Lanmeur was 36.1 °C (97.0 °F) on 2 August 1990; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.5 °C (13.1 °F) on 17 January 1985.

Climate data for Lanmeur (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1982−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	17.0 (62.6)	22.4 (72.3)	25.2 (77.4)	28.2 (82.8)	31.5 (88.7)	34.4 (93.9)	36.0 (96.8)	36.1 (97.0)	32.1 (89.8)	30.0 (86.0)	22.6 (72.7)	18.0 (64.4)	36.1 (97.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.5 (49.1)	9.9 (49.8)	11.9 (53.4)	13.6 (56.5)	16.7 (62.1)	19.2 (66.6)	21.2 (70.2)	21.4 (70.5)	19.6 (67.3)	16.4 (61.5)	12.5 (54.5)	10.2 (50.4)	15.2 (59.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.7 (44.1)	6.8 (44.2)	8.3 (46.9)	9.5 (49.1)	12.4 (54.3)	14.9 (58.8)	16.9 (62.4)	17.0 (62.6)	15.2 (59.4)	12.7 (54.9)	9.4 (48.9)	7.3 (45.1)	11.5 (52.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	3.9 (39.0)	3.6 (38.5)	4.8 (40.6)	5.4 (41.7)	8.2 (46.8)	10.6 (51.1)	12.6 (54.7)	12.6 (54.7)	10.8 (51.4)	9.0 (48.2)	6.3 (43.3)	4.4 (39.9)	7.7 (45.9)
Record low °C (°F)	−10.5 (13.1)	−8.7 (16.3)	−3.8 (25.2)	−2.8 (27.0)	−0.8 (30.6)	4.0 (39.2)	5.5 (41.9)	3.5 (38.3)	1.7 (35.1)	−3.5 (25.7)	−4.0 (24.8)	−7.5 (18.5)	−10.5 (13.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	108.4 (4.27)	88.0 (3.46)	79.6 (3.13)	75.6 (2.98)	71.2 (2.80)	53.9 (2.12)	55.2 (2.17)	54.0 (2.13)	65.9 (2.59)	102.7 (4.04)	109.9 (4.33)	120.5 (4.74)	984.9 (38.78)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	16.6	12.9	13.3	12.7	10.9	8.8	9.4	9.5	10.3	14.5	16.5	16.3	151.7
Source: Meteociel^[9]

Population

Inhabitants of Lanmeur are called in French Lanmeuriens.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,885	—
1975	2,049	+1.20%
1982	2,100	+0.35%
1990	2,084	−0.10%
1999	2,122	+0.20%
2007	2,172	+0.29%
2012	2,195	+0.21%
2017	2,251	+0.51%
Source: INSEE^[10]

Breton language

In 2008, 15.26% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.^[11]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ Commune de Lanmeur (29113), INSEE
^ Patricia Dagier, Jack Kerouac, Breton d'Amérique (Editions Le Télégramme, 2009)
^ Commemorative Plaques Kirouac Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine at genealogie.org
^ Lanmeur. Un premier festival consacré à Jack Kerouac at nordbretagne.fr (page in French)
^ Sumption, Jonathan (1990). The Hundred Years War. 1: Trial by battle. London: Faber and Faber. pp. 399–404. ISBN 978-0-571-13895-1.
^ Burne, Alfred (1999) [1955]. The Crécy War. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions. pp. 67–75. ISBN 978-1-84022-210-4.
^ "Normales et records pour Lanmeur (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

External links

Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popref2022-2] "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.

[3] Commune de Lanmeur (29113), INSEE

[4] Patricia Dagier, Jack Kerouac, Breton d'Amérique (Editions Le Télégramme, 2009)

[5] Commemorative Plaques Kirouac Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine at genealogie.org

[6] Lanmeur. Un premier festival consacré à Jack Kerouac at nordbretagne.fr (page in French)

[7] Sumption, Jonathan (1990). The Hundred Years War. 1: Trial by battle. London: Faber and Faber. pp. 399–404. ISBN 978-0-571-13895-1.

[8] Burne, Alfred (1999) [1955]. The Crécy War. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions. pp. 67–75. ISBN 978-1-84022-210-4.

[9] "Normales et records pour Lanmeur (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

[pophist-10] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[11] (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

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