Historical person · LUX-KEEPER-000008

Honorine Le Guen

Served at Kerbel lighthouse from 1925 until 1972 and described the meticulous work of cleaning its Fresnel apparatus in a 1983 television interview.

INA preserves her own testimony and distinguishes her long service from the earlier hors-classe family appointments.

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Service record

Station	Period	Historical role	Evidence
Kerbel lighthouse, Riantec	1925–1972	gardienne du phareLighthouse keeper	INA — 1983 : Honorine Le Guen, personnage phare de Riantec

Source-backed statements

Statement	Value	Date	Evidence
Service period	Assigned to Kerbel at age 23 and retired in 1972.	1925–1972	INA — 1983 : Honorine Le Guen, personnage phare de Riantec
Apparatus care	Her recorded testimony describes spending half a day cleaning the Fresnel lens apparatus.	Interviewed in 1983	INA — 1983 : Honorine Le Guen, personnage phare de Riantec

Sources

INA — 1983 : Honorine Le Guen, personnage phare de RiantecINA identifies Honorine Le Guen, records her 1925–1972 service at Kerbel, and preserves her account of maintaining the Fresnel apparatus.

This page records a historical public role. It does not infer private facts, and it keeps uncertainty where the source does not establish an exact appointment or date.