Langonnet () is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.INSEE commune file
Geography
Langonnet is in north-west of Cornouaille, in Lower Brittany. It is one of the few Cornouaille parishes to be located in the present-day Morbihan department. Thus, the main language was Breton until the advent of intensive farming after the Second World War, at which point the population, previously bilingual, switched to French.
The parish comprises two main settlements: the actual town of Langonnet in the south the town of La Trinité-Langonnet in north-east
In the south-east is the former Langonnet Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Langonnet).
Topography
The highest point of the parish is the calotte Saint Joseph, a round hill whose top is 292 meters above sea level. It offers a good view of the surrounding area, most of the parish being at 190-meter level.
Neighboring communes
Langonnet is bordered by Plouray and Priziac to the east, Le Faouët to the south, Le Saint and Gourin to the west and Tréogan, Plévin, Paule and Glomel to the north.
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Toponymy The commune's name is written "Langoned" in modern Breton but has been spelled in various ways through the years due to various attempts to transcribe the Breton phonetic system into the Latin alphabet:
11th century : (Lan)Chunuett 1152 : Langenoit 1161 : Langonio 1168 : Lanngonio 1301 : Lenguenet 1368 : Langonec 1368 : Langonio 1373 : Languenec 1516 : Langonet 1516 : Langonio 1536 : Langonnet 1574 : Langonec 1630 : Langouet Today: Langoned
The name is said to come from "Lann-Conet", the monastery ("lan" in Breton; compare Welsh "llan", as in Llanelli) of Conet (or Conoit, Konoed, Kon(n)ed, Konoid = Cynwyd, Kynwyd or Kynyd in Welsh), a Welsh saint who was active in Brittany.
Demographics Inhabitants of Langonnet are called Langonnetais in French and Langonediz in Breton. Langonnet's population peaked at 4,848 in 1931 and declined to 1,930 in 2023. This represents a 60% decrease from the peak census figure.
Breton language The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 27 January 2005.
Gallery Landscapes
See also Communes of the Morbihan department
References
External links
Official site
Mayors of Morbihan Association