Colpo

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Colpo
Kolpoù
Colpo coat of arms
Colpo (France)
Colpo
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Vannes
Canton Grand Champ
Community association Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Coordinates 47 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 49 ′  W
height 52-156 m
surface 26.48 km 2
Residents 2,222 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 84 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56350
INSEE code 56042
Website http://www.colpo.fr/

The Notre-Dame chapel in Kerdroguen

Colpo ( Breton Kolpoù ) is a French municipality with 2,222 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .

geography

Colpo is located around 20 kilometers north of Vannes in the center of the Morbihan department. Neighboring municipalities are Bignan in the north, Saint-Jean-Brévelay in the east, Locqueltas in the southeast, Locmaria-Grand-Champ in the south, Grand-Champ in the southwest and west and Moustoir-Ac in the west and northwest.

history

There is little evidence of the early history of the community. There are remains from prehistoric and Gallo-Roman times. These were found in Alt-Colpo, a little north of today's Colpo. The place was first mentioned by name in 1440 under the name Scolpou . The community was part of various feudal lords in the Middle Ages. Historically, the municipality belongs to the Pays de Vannes (Breton: Bro-Gwened). After the French Revolution , it was a combat zone between Republican troops and the Chouans. Politically, Colpo only became an independent municipality in 1864 through the cession of territory to the municipalities of Bignan, Grand-Champ and Saint-Jean-Brévelay. From then on, Colpo belonged to the arrondissement of Vannes and the canton of Grand-Champ (also Grandchamp).

Population development

The population grew strongly between 1866 and 1876 (1866–1876: +32%). After an almost equally strong decline in the following years, a slight phase of growth began that lasted until the beginning of the First World War. From 1921, the number of inhabitants remained at around 1200 for decades. The population has been growing again since 1975 and has now reached new highs every year. The development:

year 1866 1876 1881 1911 1921 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 973 286 1016 1268 1234 1222 1231 1158 1378 1659 1809 2147 2258

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Colpo

  • Korn-er-Houët Castle (19th century)
  • Notre-Dame village church (church from 1864)
  • Chapel of Saint-Méen from the 17th to 19th centuries century
  • Notre-Dame chapel from 1583 in Kerdroguen ( Monument historique )
  • Mairie (municipal administration), originally both municipal administration and boys' school (19th century)
  • Memorial ( Monument commémoratif ) for 33 Resistance fighters executed by the Wehrmacht in July 1944
  • A lying menhir in Ty Nehué
  • Girls School (19th Century)
  • Quenhouët Manor (13th century; 17th and 18th centuries with renovations and new buildings)
  • Min Goh Ru megalithic site in Larcuste
  • Pseudo dolmen in the Bois de Botségalo
  • Allée couverte by Kerjagu
  • The contained spring in Kerdroguen

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 329-331.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the sights of the community ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fr.topic-topos.com

Web links

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