Lanmeur is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. A hamlet in the commune called Kerouac has been established as the source of the name of the American writer Jack Kerouac. A street in Lanmeur has been named rue Jack Kerouac, and in March 2010 a first Jack Kerouac Festival took place in the commune.

Geography

Climate

Lanmeur has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Lanmeur is 11.5 C. The average annual rainfall is 984.9 mm with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.0 C, and lowest in January, at around 6.7 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Lanmeur was 36.1 C on 2 August 1990; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -10.5 C on 17 January 1985.

Population

Inhabitants of Lanmeur are called in French Lanmeuriens.

Breton language

In 2008, 15.26% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.