Locmaria

Commune in Brittany, France

Locmaria Lokmaria-ar-Gerveur
Commune
The church in Locmaria
Location of Locmaria
(2020–2026)		Dominique Rousselot^[1]
Area ¹	20.55 km² (7.93 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	964
• Density	47/km² (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56114 /56360
Elevation	0–73 m (0–240 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Locmaria (French pronunciation: [lɔkmaʁja]; Breton: Lokmaria-ar-Gerveur) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.^[3] Locmaria is one of the four communes of Belle Île.

Toponymy

From the Breton loc which means hermitage (cf.: Locminé) and 'maria' which derive from Mary.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Locmaria are called in French Locmariaïstes.

Geography

The village occupies the eastern part of the island Belle-Île-en-Mer. Rocky cliffs, sometimes 50 meters high, surround the territory. On the north coast, stretches the beach Les Grands Sables.

Map

Topographic map

References

^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Locmaria.

Official site (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)