Country France Department Côtes-d'Armor Intercommunality Trois Rivières Area 19.84 km² Arrondissement Lannion | Region Brittany Canton Tréguier Population (2008) 2,617 Local time Sunday 7:56 PM | |
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Penvénan (Breton: Perwenan) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
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Map of Penv%C3%A9nan, France
Population
Inhabitants of Penvénan are called penvénannais in French.
Port-Blanc and islands
The town itself is inland, but the commune is best known for the coastal hamlet of Port-Blanc, a popular tourist location from the late 19th century, and former home of Anatole Le Braz and Théodore Botrel. Charles Lindbergh, Aldous Huxley and Alexis Carrel also lived there for periods. Lindbergh lived on the island of Île Illiec, which he owned. Port-Blanc is also the location of the annual Pardon of Saint Gildas, a significant religious festival, and of the "sunken" chapel of Notre-Dame. A group of islands are off the coast, notably the Isle of Saint Gildas, containing a chapel from the 9th century.
Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on January 16, 2007.
In 2008, 19.93% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.