Lopérec

Lopérec Lopereg
Commune
The parish church in Lopérec
Location of Lopérec
Lopérec Lopérec
Coordinates: 48°16′41″N 4°02′46″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Carhaix-Plouguer
Intercommunality	Yeun Elez
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Yves Crenn
Area 1	39.49 km2 (15.25 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	879
• Density	22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29139 /29590
Elevation	11–316 m (36–1,037 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lopérec (Breton: Lopereg) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It is in the canton of Carhaix-Plouguer in the arrondissement of Châteaulin. Lopérec is located within the Parc naturel régional d'Armorique.

Population

Inhabitants of Lopérec are called Lopérécois in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 2,118 —     1800 1,588 −25.0% 1821 1,826 +15.0% 1831 1,897 +3.9% 1836 2,030 +7.0% 1841 2,056 +1.3% 1846 2,101 +2.2% 1851 2,062 −1.9% 1856 1,938 −6.0% 1861 1,893 −2.3% 1866 2,016 +6.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1872 1,902 −5.7% 1876 1,899 −0.2% 1881 1,885 −0.7% 1886 1,875 −0.5% 1891 1,892 +0.9% 1896 1,757 −7.1% 1901 1,803 +2.6% 1906 1,845 +2.3% 1911 1,778 −3.6% 1921 1,661 −6.6% 1926 1,640 −1.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1931 1,522 −7.2% 1936 1,411 −7.3% 1946 1,337 −5.2% 1954 1,210 −9.5% 1962 1,082 −10.6% 1968 943 −12.8% 1975 769 −18.5% 1982 674 −12.4% 1990 723 +7.3% 1999 714 −1.2% 2008 804 +12.6%

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Parc naturel régional d'Armorique
• Calvary at Lopérec

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)