Kernascléden

Kernascléden Kernaskledenn
Commune
The Church of Our Lady, in Kernascléden
Coat of arms
Location of Kernascléden
(2020–2026)		Christophe Cararic[1]
Area 1	9.26 km2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	407
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56264 /56540
Elevation	89–163 m (292–535 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Kernascléden (French pronunciation: [kɛʁnaskledɛn]; Breton: Kernaskledenn) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3] Kernascléden is renowned for its church which dates from he fifteenth century. It is a masterpiece of flamboyant gothic architecture.

Geography

Kernascléden is located in the northern part of Morbihan department, 29 km (18 mi) north of Lorient. Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais. In the center of the village stands the medieval church Notre-Dame de Kernascléden. The village is situated in the valley of the river Scorff. Apart from the village center, there are about twenty hamlets : Brangolo, Kerchopine, Kerbourg, Manéglau, Canquisquelen, Manério, Porh Pimpec, Guernebos, La Maison Blanche, Kerven Cleuzio, Kerven er Lann, Kerihuel, Kerlouarny, Kermaria, Kermonac'h.

Map

Topographic map

History

Scenes of the daily life at the beginning of the twentieth century in Kernascléden.

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  Sale of pigs (old postcard).
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  A market day in Kernascléden (postcard Villard).
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  Baptism scene (postcard A.Waron)

Kenascléden was created as a new commune in 1955. Before that, it came within the administrative area of the village of Saint-Caradec-Trégomel.

Population

Inhabitants of Kernascléden are called in French Kernascléens or Kernasclédenois.

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department
• List of works of the two Folgoët ateliers

References

External links

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