Crédin

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Crédin
Kerzhin
Crédin coat of arms
Crédin (France)
Crédin
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Pontivy
Canton Grand Champ
Community association Pontivy Communauté
Coordinates 48 ° 2 ′  N , 2 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ′  N , 2 ° 46 ′  W
height 52-139 m
surface 33.74 km 2
Residents 1,559 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56580
INSEE code 56047
Website http://www.credin.fr/

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Crédin ( Breton : Kerzhin ; Gallo: Qerdein ) is a French municipality with 1559 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Pontivy Communauté .

geography

Crédin is located in the center of Brittany in the north of the Morbihan department and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.

Are neighboring communities

The place is far away from roads for national traffic. However, several important department roads lead through the municipality (D2, D11, D17, D764).

The most important waters are the river Oust , the Canal de Nantes à Brest and the stream Lindreu , which is called Runio in the lower reaches . The municipal boundary partially runs along these watercourses.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009
Residents 1,532 1,511 1,466 1,397 1,375 1,368 1,476

history

Source:

Crédin is first mentioned in 1116 under the name Cherdin . 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, Crédin belonged to the canton of Brehan Loudeac.

Attractions

Sources: and

  • Center, called Le Bourg
  • Village church of Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul from 1900–1904
  • Saint-Maudan's chapel from the 17th century in L'Écu
  • Couëdic castle from 1747 in Le Couëdic
  • Manor house of la Buzardière from the 17th century in the town of the same name
  • Mansion KEREL 18th century in the same place
  • Memorial to the fallen of the First World War
  • Calvaries of Le Couëdic and Le Teil and the Fauny Cross (18th century)

Community partnerships

Crédin has entered into a partnership with the French municipality of Évires in the Haute-Savoie department .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 911-912.

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. ^ Website of the municipality
  4. ↑ Crédin on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
  5. ^ Website of the municipality
  6. ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2014 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  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fr.topic-topos.com

Web links

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