Loperhet

Loperhet Loperc'hed
The parish church of Sainte-Brigitte
Coat of arms
Loperhet
Location within Brittany region  Loperhet
Coordinates: 48°22′32″N 4°18′14″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Daoulas
Intercommunality	Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Paul Morvan
Area1	20.31 km2 (7.84 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	3,558
• Density	180/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	29140 / 29470
Elevation	0–162 m (0–531 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Loperhet (Breton: Loperc'hed) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Loperhet are called in French Loperhétois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,280	—
1968	1,315	+2.7%
1975	1,411	+7.3%
1982	2,030	+43.9%
1990	2,941	+44.9%
1999	3,466	+17.9%
2008	3,558	+2.7%

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 22 October 2008.

In 2008, 14.56% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French);

External links

• Official website (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Loperhet (French)