Belle-Isle-en-Terre

Loc Envel

In the 6th Century, the priest Envel established his hermitage on the site of the present Loc Envel church. From 1163, the church was dedicated to Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer.

Under the "Ancien Régime" (pre French Revolution), the borough was the seat of the priory priest of the same abbey and was tied to the parish of Plougonver.

From 1740, zinc and silver were mined in the forests close to the forest of Coat-an-Noz. In 1789, the industry employed a hundred and twenty-five people, with an annual extraction of between 30 and 60 tons of ore per man. The forges consumed 100 hectares of forest per annum.

Loc-Envel became a commune in 1790 though was subsequently attached to Belle-Isle-en-Terre in 1805 and was restored as a commune in 1820.

In 1843, the metallergy industry ceased (losing out to new industries such as coke).

Since the beginning of the twentieth century local industry has focused on the exploitation of the forest.

Loc Envel Cultural & Historic Interests
*	Church Saint-Envel (C16th and C18th) with its rood-screen. There is a slot machine (one-euro) in the church to get a full history, including reference to the old clock mechanism.
*	Manoir de Landvic (private)
*	Oratory of Saint Sébastien