Baud (Morbihan)
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Baud Baod |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Pontivy | |
| Community association | Center Morbihan Community | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 53 ′ N , 3 ° 1 ′ W | |
| height | 22–157 m | |
| surface | 48.09 km 2 | |
| Residents | 6,261 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 130 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56150 | |
| INSEE code | 56010 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-baud.fr | |
 The former Baud train station |
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Baud ( Breton : Baod ) is a French municipality with 6261 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . Baud belongs to the canton of Pontivy .
geography
Baud is located in the center of Brittany and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy . The municipality is bordered by the Blavet river to the west and the Ével river to the south and east .
Neighboring communities are Saint-Barthélemy in the north, Guénin and La Chapelle-Neuve in the east, Camors and Pluvigner in the south, and Languidic and Quistinic in the west.
The community is a traffic junction. The RN 24, which connects Lorient with Rennes , runs through the municipality from west to east . In north-south direction, the D 768 runs through the village, the connection from Auray to Pontivy .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 4,547 | 4,814 | 4,989 | 4,925 | 4,658 | 4,813 | 5,368 |
history
Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro-Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the Bro Baod (French: Pays de Baud) area and shares its history. In 1867, what is now the Saint-Barthelémy parish split off from Baud.
In the valley, south of Baud, ran a stretch of the Chemins de fer du Morbihan . A little west of the village, it met the Auray – Pontivy railway line at Baud station .
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Baud (Morbihan)
- Venus de Quinipily in the palace gardens of Quinipily
- Chapel de la Clarté (15th – 17th centuries), now officially the parish church of Saint-Pierre
- Saint-Adrien Chapel (15th century)
- Fontaine de la Clarté (16th century)
- several Calvaires and wayside crosses
- Cartopole Museum with postcards from the region, from the fields of fishing, agriculture, industry and rural life
- Allée couverte du Prieuré , a gallery grave about 250 m southwest of the hamlet of Le Prieuré southwest of Baud.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 101-106.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map with the municipalities of the Pays de Pontivy ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Baud on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
