Country France Department Morbihan Intercommunality Pays de Locminé Area 4.86 km² Arrondissement Pontivy | Region Brittany Canton Locminé Population (2014) 4,147 Local time Sunday 2:32 AM | |
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Locminé (Breton: Logunec'h) is a commune in the Morbihan department of the region of Brittany in north-western France.
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Toponymy
The name Locminé comes from the Latin locus monachrum, "the sanctuary of the monks." After the creation of the monastery of Locminé in 1008, the practice is widespread in Brittany to call loc small monasteries which multiplied between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. This is the origin of many parishes whose name starts with Loc-.
Breton language
In September 2013, 156 children (i.e. 18.5 % of all those enrolled) were being educated in the bilingual streams of Locminé's state and Catholic primary schools.
Twin towns
Locminé is twinned with:
References
Locminé Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA