Lesneven

The church of Saint-Michel, in Lesneven

Coat of arms

Lesneven

Location within Brittany region

Lesneven

Coordinates: 48°34′20″N 4°18′53″W / 48.5722°N 4.3147°WCoordinates: 48°34′20″N 4°18′53″W / 48.5722°N 4.3147°W

Country

Lesneven

Pays de Lesneven et de la Côte des Légendes

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Claudie Balcon

Area¹

10.27 km² (3.97 sq mi)

Population (2008)²

6,794

• Density

660/km² (1,700/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

29124 /29260

Elevation

14–79 m (46–259 ft)

Website

http://www.lesneven.bzh

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lesneven (Breton: Lesneven) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

It lies 24 kilometres (15 miles) northeast of Brest, about 12 km (7 miles) from the English Channel in the middle of the Leon plateau.

Lesneven has its origins in the immigration from southwest Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries, and the name (Les-an-Even) means "court of Even" in Common Brittonic (Llys-Ifan in Welsh) after an alleged military leader of that period. Lesneven was the castle-town controlling Léon during the Middle Ages. The castle is now gone, but many buildings of the 15th-18th centuries are still to be found in the centre. The Museum of Léon is here. The town now functions as a market and service centre for the surrounding rural district.

Inhabitants of Lesneven are known in French as Lesneviens.

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg 18 July 2007.

In 2008, 19.08% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.

Lesneven is twinned with:

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