Bourg-des-Comptes
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Bourg-des-Comptes Gwikomm |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Redon | |
| Canton | Guichen | |
| Community association | Vallons de Haute-Bretagne Community | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 56 ′ N , 1 ° 44 ′ W | |
| height | 7-99 m | |
| surface | 23.41 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,264 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 139 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35890 | |
| INSEE code | 35033 | |
| Website | http://www.bourgdescomptes.fr/ | |
 Town hall of Bourg-des-Comptes |
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Bourg-des-Comptes ( Breton : Gwikomm ; Gallo : Borg-Cons ) is a French municipality with 3264 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany . Bourg-des-Comptes belongs to the Arrondissement of Redon and is part of the canton of Guichen . The inhabitants are called Bourgcomptois .
geography
Bourg-des-Comptes is about 26 kilometers south-southwest of Rennes . The Semnon forms the southern municipal boundary, the Vilaine the western municipal boundary . Bourg-des-Comptes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Laillé in the north, Crevin in the east and north-east, Poligné in the south-east, Pléchâtel in the south, Saint-Senoux in the west and south-west and Guichen in the west and north-west. The "Guichen-Bourg des Comptes" station ( Rennes – Redon line ) is located on the opposite bank of the Vilaine, in the Guichen area.
population
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 1,039 | 1,071 | 1,214 | 1,463 | 1,727 | 2.007 | 2.184 | 3,264 |
Attractions
- Menhir Gargantua's tooth
- Notre-Dame Church, built in 1851
- Le Boschet Castle, built between 1660 and 1680, has been a monument historique since 1969
- Several mansions Provotières, Gouverdière, Rivière Chereil and Réauté
Personalities
- Godefroy Brossay-Saint-Marc (1803–1878), Archbishop of Rennes, cardinal
- Jacques Rossignol (1945–2001), football player
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 680-684.
