scenic viewpoint
Pointe du Raz
Brittany's most dramatic headland, a windswept rocky promontory jutting into the wild Atlantic at the westernmost tip of France.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Brittany, France · Europe
Landerneau sits on the route: 5 minutes from Plouédern, 58km from Pointe du Raz.
Landerneau is a town located in Brittany, France. With a population of 16,052, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Landerneau sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Landerneau to your route.
Landerneau (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃dɛʁno]; Breton: Landerne, pronounced [lãnˈdɛrne]) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
It lies at the mouth of the Elorn River which divides the Breton provinces of Cornouaille and Léon, 22 km (14 mi) east of Brest. The name is from LanRead more
Terneo and can mean "(religious) enclosure of St Ténénan (Welsh: Tyrnog)": allegedly a Welshman who also had llans in the Vale of Clwyd in North Wales and in Somerset, and who moved to Brittany in the 7th century. Lann means a religious sacred place. The town has been founded by Saint Arnoc, some times called Ternoc and confusion can occur with Saint Ténénan. Some sources point Saint Arnoc and Saint Ténénan as the same person.
It was an important centre of the flax and linen industries in the 16th and 17th centuries. Landerneau is also the hometown of Édouard Leclerc, a businessman and entrepreneur who founded the French supermarket chain E.Leclerc in 1948. The town is actually the heart of the agricultural market in northwest Brittany with several agribusiness companies headquarters located in the town.
The town is also known for its moon, La Lune de Landerneau (the Moon of Landerneau). This nickname is supposed from a noble visiting Versailles court and was not impressed by the luxury of the Château de Versailles. He was contemplating the moon with others in the Versailles gardens when he said "the Landerneau's moon is bigger", that made the assembly laugh. The Breton noble made reference to a big silver metal disc on top of the Saint Houardon Church, well known in the surroundings as "the moon of Landerneau".
It was at Landernau that the painter Eugène Boudin painted "Landernau, Mouillage à l'Embouchure de la Rivière" circa 1870-3.
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Landerneau is located in Brittany, France, Europe. The coordinates are 48.4515 latitude, -4.2518 longitude.
Landerneau has a population of approximately 16,052 people, making it a town in France.
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Brittany's most dramatic headland, a windswept rocky promontory jutting into the wild Atlantic at the westernmost tip of France.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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