Lancieux
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Lancieux
|native name = Lanseeg
|commune status = Commune
|image = Lancieux - Moulin 04.2007.jpg
|caption = The windmill in Lancieux
|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Lancieux (Côtes-d'Armor).svg
|coordinates = {{coord|48.6083|-2.1486|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 22094
|postal code = 22770
|arrondissement = Dinan
|canton = Pleslin-Trigavou
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Côte d'Émeraude
|elevation min m = 0
|elevation max m = 47
|area km2 = 6.69
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Lancieux ({{IPA|fr|lɑ̃sjø|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Marxav-Lancieux.wav}}; {{Langx|br|Lanseeg}}; Gallo: Lansioec) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Toponymy
Lancieux derives its name from the Breton lann ("hermitage") and Seoc, Cieux, or Sieu, a monk who came from British Cornwall at the end of the 6th century AD; therefore it can be translated as "the hermitage of Seoc".
Population
{{Historical populations
|align=llangeft|
1962|1185|
1968|1214|
1975|1084|
1982|1156|
1990|1245|
1999|1220|
2008|1412
|2013|1513|2018|1534}}
Inhabitants of Lancieux are called lancieutins or lancieutains in French.
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Personalities
The British-Canadian poet and writer Robert W. Service, known as the "Bard of the Yukon", used to spend summers in Lancieux from 1913 until his death in 1958. He had a deep affection for the town and its scenic seaside. On many occasions, he made monetary gifts to the town, including for the school and the war memorial.{{cite web|url=http://www.robertwservice.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=4 |title=Extended - Books and Poetry > Biography - Archives |website=RobertWService.Com |access-date=2017-04-06}} Service is buried in the town cemetery.{{cite web |url=http://robertwservice.blogspot.fr/2013/11/robert-w-services-tombstone.html/ |title=Robert W. Service (1874-1958) Poet & Adventurer: Robert W. Service's tombstone |access-date=2014-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422184220/http://robertwservice.blogspot.fr/2013/11/robert-w-services-tombstone.html |archive-date=2016-04-22 }}
The town of Lancieux has paid homage to the memory of Robert W. Service. One of its streets has been called Robert Service Street. A few years later, on May 18, 2002 the school of Lancieux took the name of "École Robert W. Service".{{cite web|url=http://www.robertwservice.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=947&page=1/ |title=Hommage - Books and Poetry > The Anne Longepe Collection - Archives |website=RobertWService.Com |access-date=2017-04-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.robertwservice.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=946&keywords=charlotte |title=Evening With The Bard - Books and Poetry > The Anne Longepe Collection - Archives |website=RobertWService.Com |access-date=2017-04-06}} Since 2000, Lancieux and Whitehorse, Yukon are sister cities.{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehorse.ca/departments/parks-and-community-development/sister-city-program-lancieux-france |title=Whitehorse, YT : Sister City Program - Lancieux, France |website=Whitehorse.ca |date=2011-09-20 |access-date=2017-04-06}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Lancieux}}
- [http://www.mairie-lancieux.fr Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
- {{Search Mérimée|22094}}
{{Côtes-d'Armor communes}}
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Category:Communes of Côtes-d'Armor
Category:Côtes-d'Armor communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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