Kerlouan

Commune in Brittany, France

Kerlouan Kerlouan
Commune
The church of Saint-Brévalaire, in Kerlouan The church of Saint-Brévalaire, in Kerlouan
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Location of Kerlouan Map
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Coordinates: 48°38′46′′N 4°21′52′′W / 48.6461°N 4.3644°W / 48.6461; -4.3644
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Lesneven
Intercommunality	Lesneven Côte des Légendes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Colliou^[1]
Area ¹	17.80 km² (6.87 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	2,028
• Density	110/km² (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29091 /29890
Elevation	0–61 m (0–200 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Kerlouan (French pronunciation: [kɛʁluɑ̃] ; Breton: Kerlouan) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France not far from Brest. It also contains the village of Meneham.^[3]

Population

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Inhabitants of Kerlouan are called in French Kerlouanais.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,693	—
1975	2,656	−0.20%
1982	2,572	−0.46%
1990	2,406	−0.83%
1999	2,238	−0.80%
2007	2,258	+0.11%
2012	2,229	−0.26%
2017	2,119	−1.01%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Fishing hamlet of Meneham

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Meneham

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The village of Meneham, locate in Pagan county (bro bagan), was initially built as a lookout post in the 17th century by Vauban. The main building has the distinction of having a stone roof. The inhabitants came to steal the wood used for the fire.

The lookout is built around many huge granite rocks. This village is almost deserted and in disrepair in the 1990s. A rehabilitation operation is then initiated from 2004.

The old cottage is now the Village Inn (restaurant).

Sights

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Kerlouan transmitter, for transmitting orders to submerged submarines in VLF-range.
The coast is another great point of interest, as are the beaches of "Boutrouille" and "Le Fanal", and for climbers the "île aux vaches".
Le Gallion restaurant is located in the northwestern part of the main town.