Kerlouan

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Kerlouan
Location within Brittany region  Kerlouan
Administration
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Lesneven
Intercommunality	Pays de Lesneven et de la Côte des Légendes
Mayor	Charlotte Abiven (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–61 m (0–200 ft)
Land area1	17.80 km2 (6.87 sq mi)
Population2	2,272  (2008)
- Density	128 /km2 (330 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	29091/ 29890
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Kerlouan (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.

Population

Inhabitants of Kerlouan are called in French Kerlouanais.

Historical population of Kerlouan

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	2717	2693	2656	2572	2406	2238	2272

Fishing hamlet of Meneham

Meneham

The village of Meneham 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

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

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

• INSEE

External links

• (French) Cultural Heritage