Languidic
Langedig
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Top to bottom; left to right : Our Lady of the Flowers chapel, Kersolan alignments,
lockmaster's house of Minazen by th Blavet, Baud station, Pont-Screign wood, and the chapel of Kernec. | |
Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s):
To flower and to be fruitful (Breton: "Bleuein ha frehein", French: "Fleurir et fructifier")
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Location of Languidic  | |
  Languidic Show map of France  Languidic Show map of Brittany | |
| Coordinates: 47°50′03″N 3°09′24″W / 47.8342°N 3.1567°W / 47.8342; -3.1567 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Hennebont |
| Intercommunality | Lorient Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurent Duval[1] |
| Area
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| 109.08 km2 (42.12 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[2]
| 8,047 |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
56101 /56440
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| Elevation | 7–126 m (23–413 ft) |
| Website | www.languidic.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Languidic (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃ɡidik]; Breton: Langedig) is a commune in the Morbihan departmentofBrittany in north-western France.[3]
The local church was previously associated with the cult of the Welsh saint Cenydd (Kenneth).
Languidic, encompassing 10,908 hectares, is the most spread-out city in Morbihan and the third in Brittany. The river Ével forms part of the commune's north-eastern border, then flows into the Blavet, which forms its northern and north-western borders.
Inhabitants of Languidic are called in French Languidiciens.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 5,326 | — |
| 1975 | 5,223 | −0.28% |
| 1982 | 5,847 | +1.63% |
| 1990 | 6,350 | +1.04% |
| 1999 | 6,489 | +0.24% |
| 2007 | 7,175 | +1.26% |
| 2012 | 7,409 | +0.64% |
| 2017 | 7,971 | +1.47% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
In 2008, there was 18,1% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.[5] In 2013, there was 200 children in bilingual schools (primary education).
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