Cléguérec

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Cléguérec
Klegereg
Cléguérec coat of arms
Cléguérec (France)
Cléguérec
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Pontivy
Canton Gourin
Community association Pontivy Communauté
Coordinates 48 ° 8 ′  N , 3 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′  N , 3 ° 4 ′  W
height 55-281 m
surface 62.99 km 2
Residents 2,906 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56480
INSEE code 56041
Website http://www.cleguerec.fr

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Cléguérec's hoard in the Museum of Carnac

Cléguérec ( Breton : Klegereg ) is a French municipality with 2906 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Pontivy Communauté .

geography

Cléguérec is located in the north of the Morbihan department and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.

Neighboring municipalities are Sainte-Brigitte and Saint-Aignan in the north, Neulliac in the east, Pontivy in the southeast, Malguénac in the south and Séglien and Silfiac in the west.

The place is a bit away from roads for national traffic. The D18 is the most important road connection through the municipality. The most important national road connections are the D700 / D768 (formerly Route nationale 168 ), which passes more than ten kilometers to the southeast, and the N164 in the north.

The most important bodies of water are the Blavet River and the Fontaine de la Trinité , Stanglhuern and Kerdréan streams . The Blavet also partially forms the municipality boundary. In the north of the municipality there are extensive forest areas - the Petit Boduic , the Grand Boduic and the Quénécan .

history

Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the Bro Pondi (French: Pays de Pontivy) area and shares its history. Cléguérec has been the capital of its own canton since 1793.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Residents 3,013 2,812 2,679 2,717 2,716 2,749 2,780

Attractions

See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Cléguérec

  • Allée couverte from Bod er Mohet
  • Saint-Guérec village church from 1843 to 1846
  • Trinity Chapel de la Trinité near Poulmain from the 15th to 17th centuries
  • Chapel Saint-Molvan from the year 1693
  • Pobéguin Square with Calvary and Statue of Liberty
  • Beauregard Castle
  • Colmario's house from 1721
  • Menhir Bugul he Hoët also Berger de la Madeleine called
  • several mills

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 169-174.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official website of the CC du Pays de PontivyCC (French)
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Cléguérec on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
  4. ↑ Sights

Web links

Commons : Cléguérec  - collection of images, videos and audio files