Locmalo
Locmalo ( Breton: Lokmac'hloù ) is a commune with 882 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Morbihan in the Brittany region. It belongs to the Local Government Association Pays du Roi Morvan.
Geography
Locmalo is in the northwest of the department of Morbihan and belongs to the Pays du Roi Morvan.
Neighboring municipalities are Langoëlan in the north, Séglien in the north and northeast, Guern in the east, in the southeast Bubry, Persquen in the south and Lignol, Guémené -sur -Scorff and Ploërdut in the West.
The village itself is located far away from major thoroughfares on the D782 from Rosporden according to Pontivy. The most important regional road link D768 which connects the N124 with the N125, leads more than twenty kilometers far from over in the East.
The most important waters are the rivers and the streams Scorff and Sarre Le Chapelain, Goah Mout, Colin and Lanhouellic. Partial form these simultaneously, the municipal boundary. In the municipality there are also several more ponds. In the northeast of the municipal territory, large parts are covered by forest. Largest connected forest is the Bois de Ménoray.
Population structure
Demographics
History
The municipality belongs to the historic region of Brittany Bro Gwened (French Vannetais ) and within this region to region Bro Bourlet (French Pays Pourlet ) and shares his story. Locmalo belongs since 1793 to the canton Guémené -sur -Scorff.
Attractions
- Village church of Saint- Malo from the 12th century; greatly expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries
- Chapel of Notre -Dame-de - Grâce in Kerlénat (also Kernelat ) from the time around 1500
- Chapel Saint- Diboen from the 16th century
- Chapel Vraie la -Croix in Locmalo direction Guémené from 1774
- Chapel Saint -Eugène in Kergann Meur from 1864
- Chapel Saint- Symphorien in Longueville from 1876
- Castle Ménoray from 1620
- Quenven Castle from the 18th century
- Fountain in Longueville and Saint -Eugène