Lanfains

Lanfains ( Breton Lanfeun in ) is a common French, located in the department of the Coast-with Armor and the area Brittany.

Its inhabitants is called the Lanfinois and the Lanfinoises .

Geography

The landscape of Lanfains is scrap-metal with an undulating relief (Armorican Massif).

The culminating point of the commune is to 323 m and is located at the locality of Beautiful Air-Porpaire. What makes of Lanfains, one of the communes of Brittany whose altitude is highest (the church being to 310 m of altitude).

The communes around Lanfains are Saint-Brandan, the Hermitage-Lorge, Bodéo, Harmoye, Saint-Bihy and Fœil. Quintin, Allineuc and Corlay is only with a few kilometers.

History

Lanfains comes from the Breton “lann” (Ermitage) and, seems it, of Latin “fanum” (temple). Moreover Lanfains is in extreme cases of spoken the Gallo and Breton.

The parish of Lanfains is mentioned as of 1428.

A wind park was installed on the commune in 2005.

Economic activities

The Agriculture represents principal the Economic activity commune. It is primarily directed towards the breeding of Bovin S, Volaille S and Porc S and the Polyculture then. The surface of the commune is of: 2187 hectares. Two Entreprise S Agroalimentaire S are present on the commune: the Slaughter-house LDC and the Dairy the Armorican one. The Artisanat is represented by a Couvreur, a Plombier heating specialist, a Scierie, a Pisciculture. There exist also some trade in the borough: a coffee and a bar food, a Pancake shop, a mechanic, a company of public works and a poultry shipping company.

Administration

Demography

According to the site of Michel Knight for the XIXe century

Places and monuments

Saint-Guyganton Church of 1717 and restored in 1845
Locality the Step (with zone of leisures, pond, camp-site, vault, crossed by the railway Saint-Brieuc - Loudéac, old foundry-forging mill of the Step which was in activity of 1828 with 1978)
the localities Porpaire, Beautiful-Air and Bellevue at the top of the commune reaching the 323 meters with in north its moors

Personalities related to the commune

Sources

Site of Michel Knight, librarian of the Company of emulation of Coast-in Armor - List of the mayors of Lanfains

See too

Common of Coast-in Armor

External bonds

Internet site of the town hall of Lanfains
Lanfains and its wind center
Site infobretagne - History of Lanfains
Geography of Brittany: geographical, cartographic and statistical gate - Card Lanfains

Lanfains on the site of the national geographical Institute
Lanfains on the site of INSEE
Lanfains on the site of Quid
Localization of Lanfains on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Lanfains on Mapquest

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