Bannalec

Bannalec Banaleg
The parish church of Our Lady of Folgoët, in Bannalec The parish church of Our Lady of Folgoët, in Bannalec
Coat of arms of Bannalec Coat of arms
Bannalec
Location within Brittany region Bannalec
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Bannalec
Intercommunality	Pays de Quimperlé
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Yves André
Area1	77.51 km2 (29.93 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	5,226
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	29004 / 29380
Elevation	22–172 m (72–564 ft)
Website	Official website
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.

Bannalec (Breton: Banaleg) is a commune in the Finistère department in the Brittany region in northwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Bannalec are called Bannalécois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	4,396	—
1821	4,363	−0.8%
1831	4,183	−4.1%
1836	4,377	+4.6%
1841	4,264	−2.6%
1846	4,372	+2.5%
1851	4,174	−4.5%
1856	4,425	+6.0%
1861	4,313	−2.5%
1866	4,611	+6.9%
1872	4,390	−4.8%
1876	4,787	+9.0%
1881	5,042	+5.3%
1886	5,259	+4.3%
1891	5,890	+12.0%
1896	5,910	+0.3%
1901	6,040	+2.2%
1906	6,141	+1.7%
1911	6,138	−0.0%
1921	6,170	+0.5%
1926	6,323	+2.5%
1931	6,159	−2.6%
1936	6,067	−1.5%
1946	6,098	+0.5%
1954	5,511	−9.6%
1962	5,369	−2.6%
1968	5,235	−2.5%
1975	5,023	−4.0%
1982	4,975	−1.0%
1990	4,840	−2.7%
1999	4,806	−0.7%
2008	5,226	+8.7%

Breton language

In 2008, 7.91% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• François Bazin (sculptor) Sculptor monument to aviator

Bannalec is twinned with the Irish town of Castleisland.

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French);
• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official website (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Bannalec (French)
• www.bannalec.com