Baud (Morbihan)

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Baud
Baod
Baud coat of arms
Baud (France)
baud
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Pontivy
Canton Pontivy
Community association Center Morbihan Community
Coordinates 47 ° 53 ′  N , 3 ° 1 ′  W 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
Website http://www.mairie-baud.fr

The former Baud train station

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

  1. 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pays-pontivy.fr
  2. Baud on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
  3. 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) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fr.topic-topos.com

Web links

Commons : Baud  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files