Lannion

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Lannion Lannuon
Subprefecture and commune
A general view of Lannion
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Lannion
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Coordinates: 48°44′00″N 3°27′15″W / 48.7333°N 3.4542°W / 48.7333; -3.4542
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Lannion
Canton	Lannion
Intercommunality	Lannion-Trégor Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Paul Le Bihan[1]
Area 1	43.91 km2 (16.95 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	20,344
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22113 /22300
Elevation	0–107 m (0–351 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lannion (French pronunciation: [lanjɔ̃] ^ⓘ ; Breton: Lannuon) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a subprefecture of Côtes-d'Armor, the capital of Trégor and the center of an urban area of almost 60,000 inhabitants.

Lannion has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Lannion is 11.5 °C (52.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 945.0 mm (37.20 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.1 °C (62.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.7 °C (44.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Lannion was 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.1 °C (19.2 °F) on 28 February 2018.

Inhabitants of Lannion are called lannionnais in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,706 —     1800 3,132 −2.38% 1806 3,426 +1.51% 1821 3,597 +0.33% 1831 5,371 +4.09% 1836 5,461 +0.33% 1841 5,650 +0.68% 1846 5,849 +0.69% 1851 6,075 +0.76% 1856 6,642 +1.80% 1861 6,598 −0.13% 1866 6,882 +0.85% 1872 6,223 −1.66% 1876 6,294 +0.28% 1881 5,998 −0.96% 1886 6,205 +0.68% 1891 6,002 −0.66% 1896 6,126 +0.41% 1901 6,010 −0.38%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 5,856 −0.52% 1911 6,174 +1.06% 1921 6,047 −0.21% 1926 6,274 +0.74% 1931 6,430 +0.49% 1936 6,584 +0.47% 1946 7,220 +0.93% 1954 6,734 −0.87% 1962 9,479 +4.37% 1968 12,535 +4.77% 1975 16,867 +4.33% 1982 16,641 −0.19% 1990 16,958 +0.24% 1999 18,368 +0.89% 2007 19,773 +0.93% 2012 19,380 −0.40% 2017 19,880 +0.51% 2020 20,451 +0.95%
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

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Lannion takes its name from "Lann Huon" in Breton or "Parish of Huon" in English.

The old neighborhood of Lannion attracts many tourists to the city. The old neighborhood contains old squares, a church called Brélévenez, half-timbered houses, chapels and frescoes.

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  View from the church of Brélévénez
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  Church of Lannion Église de la Trinité de Brélévenez

On 23 October 2006, the municipality launched a plan to promote the Breton language through the Ya d'ar brezhoneg ("Yes to Breton") charter.

In 2023, 18.7% of the children attended bilingual schools in primary education.^[6]

Lannion is a large telecommunications research center in France with several firms such as Nokia, Orange and SAGEMCOM operating there. The presence of a large telecommunications industry in the area has led to two institutes of technology in the area, IUT Lannion and a college of engineering, ENSSAT.

Regular concerts known as "Les Tardives" are held in the town square during the summer months. Lannion is also home to the "Carré Magique", a well known theatre company in the area.

Lannion is served by extensive transport links. The nearby Lannion – Côte de Granit Airport can accommodate larger flights arriving from Paris and other French destinations. It is a one-hour flight from Lannion to Paris. Lannion station provides TGV services to Brest, St. Brieuc, Rennes and Paris as well as TER links to local stations.

There is a bus service connecting the town centre to surrounding areas, TILT (Transports Intercommunaux de Lannion-Trégor), with six lines.

Line A

Hospital/Airport via Quai d'Aiguillon (in the centre of the town)

Line B

Kerbabu/Coppens via Quai d'Aiguillon

Line C

Alcatel/Kérilis

Line Navéo

small bus around the centre of the town

Line F

market day line (Thursday morning).

Lannion is twinned with:

• Günzburg, Germany
• Viveiro, Galicia (Spain)
• Caerphilly, Wales

The following were born in Lannion:

• François-Jean-Marie Laouënan (1868), Archbishop
• Pierre-Yves André (1974), footballer
• Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (1962), pianist
• Charles Le Goffic (1863), novelist and historian
• Johan Le Bon (1990), cyclist
• Christophe Le Mével (1980), cyclist
• Denis-Will Poha (1997), footballer
• Pierre Sabbagh (1918), television personality
• Gabriel Calloet-Kerbrat (born between 1616-1620), agriculturist and writer.

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lannion.

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