Bréhan
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Bréhan Brehant-Loudieg |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Grand Champ | |
| Community association | Pontivy Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 4 ′ N , 2 ° 41 ′ W | |
| height | 45-158 m | |
| surface | 23.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,305 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 99 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56580 | |
| INSEE code | 56024 | |
| Website | Commune de Bréhan | |
 Entrance to the Abbey of Tymadeuc |
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Bréhan ( Breton : Brehant-Loudieg ; Gallo: Berhaund-Lódeyac ) is a French municipality with 2305 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Pontivy Communauté .
geography
Bréhan is located in the center of Brittany in the north of the Morbihan department on the border with the Côtes-d'Armor department and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.
Neighboring municipalities are La Chèze and La Ferrière in the northeast, Plumieux , Saint-Étienne-du-Gué-de-l'Isle and Le Cambout in the east, Forges de Lanouée with Les Forges in the southeast, Pleugriffet in the southwest, Crédin and Rohan in the west as well Saint-Barnabé in the north-west.
The place is far away from roads for national traffic, as the communities in the north and east already belong to a different department. The next major road connection is around 20 kilometers northwest of the municipality.
The most important waters are the rivers Oust and Lié and the Canal de Nantes à Brest . The municipal boundary partially runs along these watercourses.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
| Residents | 1.997 | 1,885 | 2.005 | 2,257 | 2,284 | 2,314 | 2,326 |
history
The municipality historically belongs to the Breton region of Bro-Sant-Brieg (French Pays de Saint-Brieuc) and within this region to the Bro Loudieg area (French Pays de Loudéac) and shares its history. From 1801 until its dissolution on September 10, 1926, it belonged to the Arrondissement of Ploërmel. From 1793 until its dissolution in 1801, Bréhan belonged to the canton of Brehan Loudeac.
Attractions
Sources: and
- Notre-Dame village church from 1884 in neo-Gothic style
- Saint-Isidore chapel from 1718, enlarged in 1888 in the town of the same name
- Saint-Marc chapel from the 16th century in the town of the same name
- 19th century Chapel of Saint-Yves
- Paper mill from 1484
- 16th century manor house by L'Estuer
- La Fosse mill from 1850
- Trappist Abbey of Tymadeuc
- Calvaries and (way) crosses
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 909-911.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of the CC du Pays de PontivyCC (French)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Bréhan on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ^ Website of the municipality
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
