Landéda is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Finistère

Finistère

Finistère is a département of France, in the extreme west of Brittany.-History:The name Finistère derives from the Latin Finis Terræ, meaning end of the earth, and may be compared with Land's End on the opposite side of the English Channel...

 department of Brittany in north-western France

France

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Geography

The coastal commune of Landéda forms a peninsula between two ria

Ria

A ria is a coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley. It is a drowned river valley that remains open to the sea. Typically, rias have a dendritic, treelike outline although they can be straight and without significant branches. This pattern is inherited from the...

s, the Aber Wrac'h

Aber Wrac'h

The Aber Wrac'h is a small village and port located on the Wrac'h river in the commune of Landéda in the department of Finistère in France, located in Brittany.The Wrac'h river source is Trémaouézan...

 to the north and the Aber-Benoît to the south.

History

• 1790: commune established
• 1822: linked with the commune of Brouennou
• 1829: annexed the commune of Brouennou

Population

Inhabitants of Landéda are called in French

French language

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 Landédaens.

Sea rescue

Landeda is the base for the high-speed rescue motorboat located at the port of Aber Wrac'h

Aber Wrac'h

The Aber Wrac'h is a small village and port located on the Wrac'h river in the commune of Landéda in the department of Finistère in France, located in Brittany.The Wrac'h river source is Trémaouézan...

. The rescue service is operated by volunteers. The rescue motorboat is named the President Joseph Oulhen, which is the name of a former manager of the service who died in service in 1986.

Economy

The port of the Aber Wrac'h is within the territory of the commune. It includes a marina managed by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Brest

Brest, France

Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...

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Sights

• Sainte-Marguerite chapel
• Troménec chapel
• Brouennou chapel

Other notable sights include an abbey

Abbey

An abbey is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community.The term can also refer to an establishment which has long ceased to function as an abbey,...

, a manor

Manorialism

Manorialism, an essential element of feudal society, was the organizing principle of rural economy that originated in the villa system of the Late Roman Empire, was widely practiced in medieval western and parts of central Europe, and was slowly replaced by the advent of a money-based market...

, many stone crosses and islands with ancient ruins.

External links

• Landeda, Official website for the Commune of Landéda L'Aberwrac'h.
• French Ministry of Culture list for Landéda