Langonnet
Langonnet
Travel guide and tourist information
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Travel Guide > Towns > Brittany > Morbihan > Langonnet| GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION | CLOSEST TOWNS | |||
| Town | Langonnet | Le Saint at 7.9 km (9 min) | ||
| Insee code | 56100 | Priziac at 11.2 km (12 min) | ||
| Postcode | 56630 | Gourin at 13.3 km (14 min) | ||
| Latitude | 48.1037550 | Plouray at 13.3 km (12 min) | ||
| Longitude | -3.4921340 | Lanvénégen at 14.7 km (18 min) | ||
| Altitude | From 104 to 292 meters | Meslan at 15.6 km (15 min) | ||
| Surface | 85.40 km² | Guiscriff at 17.4 km (19 min) | ||
| Population | 1907 inhabitants | Paule at 17.8 km (18 min) | ||
| Density | 23 inhabitants/km² | Saint-Caradec-Trégomel at 18.7 km (19 min) | ||
| Chief town | Vannes (at 95 km, 77 min) | Querrien at 19.3 km (23 min) | ||
| Department | Morbihan | Tréogan at 19.5 km (17 min) | ||
| Region | Brittany | Search another town | ||
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Langonnet founding date of the 6th century when the Bretons emigrated from Britain.
The name comes from "lann" hermitage or monastery and "Chunuett", name of a Welsh saint.
In 818, tired of the disobedience of the Britons, the Emperor Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne, gathers his troops and confront their king, Morvan Lez-Breizh ("the support of Britain") which then prevailed in central Brittany. Morvan was killed in battle near localized Minez Morvan Langonnet village close to the Abbey of Notre Dame.
Later, the story will leave its mark through an impressive architectural treasures like the Cistercian abbey where Spiritan missionaries founded a museum of African art, the parish church magnificent example of Romanesque art or that of Trinidad Langonnet.
Langonnet has beautiful hiking trails and a beach at the pond Pontigou, enough to satisfy lovers of outdoor activities.
It is also a town where culture is omnipresent in all its forms: traditional and contemporary music, dance, contemporary art.
| SIGHTSEEING |
Abbey Notre-Dame and its museum of African art.
The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul.
The Trinity Church in Trinidad Langonnet.
The fountain of the Trinity in Trinidad Langonnet.
And also:
Manor Kermain.
The Chapel of St. Magdalene.
The Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy.
Chapel St. Guénolé.
The Chapel of St. Isaac's and St. Cornely.
La Chapelle Saint-Germain.
The Chapel of St. Brandan.
Valley Ellé.
The Black Mountains (La Trinidad Langonnet).
The nature trail on the banks of Ster Loutanteg.
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| Monuments | Abbey Notre-Dame, Chapel Neuve, Chapel Saint-Germain, Church Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Church of La Trinité, Fountain of La Trinité-Bezver, Manor of Kermain, Tumulus of Kermain, Wayside Cross of Langonnet |
| Natural sites | Forest of Conveau |
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