Cournon
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Cournon Córnon |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Vannes | |
| Canton | Guer | |
| Community association | De l'Oust à Brocéliande Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 45 ′ N , 2 ° 6 ′ W | |
| height | 1-87 m | |
| surface | 10.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 761 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 70 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56200 | |
| INSEE code | 56044 | |
Cournon ( Gallo Cornon , Breton Kornon ) is a commune with 761 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany .
geography
Cournon is located about eleven kilometers north of Redon in the east of the Morbihan department and is part of the Communauté de communes du Pays de la Gacilly .
Neighboring communities are Sixt-sur-Aff in the north and north-east, Bains-sur-Oust in the south-east and south, Glénac in the south-west and west and La Gacilly in the north-west.
Population development
| 1793 | 1911 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | ||
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| 406 | 635 | 508 | 472 | 469 | 505 | 521 | 632 | 714 | 786 | ||
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||||
Attractions
- Dolmen of the Tablet (around 3000 BC)
- Castle of La Ville-Janvier (19th century)
- town hall
- Mill in Broussais
dialect
Cournon belongs to the area of Brittany where Gallo was spoken.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 278-279.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of the CC du Pays de Gacilly (French)
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from June 20, 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. (French)
Web links
Commons : Cournon - collection of images, videos and audio files
