Le Relecq-Kerhuon

Le Relecq-Kerhuon Ar Releg-Kerhuon
Commune
The cove of Camfrout on the estuary of the Élorn
Coat of arms
Location of Le Relecq-Kerhuon
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Coordinates: 48°24′33″N 4°23′44″W / 48.4092°N 4.3956°W / 48.4092; -4.3956
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Guipavas
Intercommunality	Brest Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Péron[1]
Area ^1	6.43 km^2 (2.48 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	11,837
• Density	1,840/km^2 (4,770/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29235 /29480
Elevation	0–96 m (0–315 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Relecq-Kerhuon (French pronunciation: [lə ʁəlɛk kɛʁyɔ̃]; Breton: Ar Releg-Kerhuon) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Le Relecq-Kerhuon is located just east of Brest, France.

Population

Inhabitants of Le Relecq-Kerhuon are called in French Relecquois or Kerhorres.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1896 3,523 —     1901 3,772 +1.38% 1906 4,295 +2.63% 1911 4,376 +0.37% 1921 4,878 +1.09% 1926 4,282 −2.57% 1931 4,275 −0.03% 1936 4,696 +1.90% 1946 6,021 +2.52% 1954 5,985 −0.07%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1962 6,526 +1.09% 1968 7,001 +1.18% 1975 8,499 +2.81% 1982 9,286 +1.27% 1990 10,569 +1.63% 1999 10,866 +0.31% 2007 10,746 −0.14% 2012 11,175 +0.79% 2017 11,462 +0.51%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 2 September 2005.

International relations

Le Relecq-Kerhuon is twinned with Bodmin in Cornwall, UK.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Relecq-Kerhuon, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official website Archived 18 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)