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Locminé

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Also known as Logunec'h, Lominoec

Locminé (; Gallo: Lominoec, ) is a commune in the Morbihan department and Brittany region of north-western France.

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Place details

Locality
Locminé
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Population
3,976
Timezone
Europe/Paris

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Key facts

French commune.name
Locminé
French commune.native name
(Gallo)
French commune.commune status
Commune
French commune.image
Locminé - Place de la République.jpg
French commune.caption
The Place de la République in Locminé
French commune.image coat of arms
Blason ville fr Locminé (Morbihan).svg
French commune.INSEE
56117
French commune.postal code
56500
French commune.arrondissement
Pontivy
French commune.canton
Grand-Champ
French commune.mayor
Grégoire Super
French commune.term
2020–2026
French commune.intercommunality
Centre Morbihan Communauté
French commune.elevation min m
69
French commune.elevation max m
153
French commune.area km2
4.86

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Locminé
Population
4578
Area
4.86
Elevation
95
Official website
www.locmine.bzh
Image
Locminé - Place de la République.jpg
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Commons category
Locminé
postal code
56500
male population
2104
female population
2228
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+33-2-97-60-00-37
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Contents
  • Toponymy
  • Population
  • Education
  • Twin towns
  • See also
  • References
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Locminé (; Gallo: Lominoec, ) is a commune in the Morbihan department and Brittany region of north-western France.

==Toponymy== The name Locminé comes from the Breton ''Loc'h menec'h, itself from the Latin Locus monachorum – (sacred) place of the monks – after the monastery established here in 1008. Use of the term loc'h to denote the many small monasteries founded in Brittany between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries was commonplace, and this is the origin of the majority of parish names beginning in Loc-''.

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