Croixanvec
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Croixanvec Kroeshañveg |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Pontivy | |
| Community association | Pontivy Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 8 ′ N , 2 ° 52 ′ W | |
| height | 108-162 m | |
| surface | 6.09 km 2 | |
| Residents | 164 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56920 | |
| INSEE code | 56049 | |
Croixanvec ( Breton : Kroeshañveg ) is a French municipality with 164 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Pontivy Communauté .
geography
Croixanvec is located in the far north of the Morbihan department on the border with the Côtes-d'Armor department and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.
Neighboring communities are Hémonstoir in the Côtes-d'Armor département in the north, Saint-Gonnery in the east and south-east, Saint-Gérand in the south and south-west and Kergrist in the west.
The place is a bit away from roads for national traffic. The most important road connection is the D700 / D768 (formerly Route nationale 168 ) between the N164, which passes further north of the municipality, and the N24 far to the south.
The most important body of water is the Rigole d'Hilvern , which is also the municipality and department boundary .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 222 | 181 | 152 | 143 | 154 | 164 | 155 |
history
The municipality historically belongs to the Breton region of Kernev (French Cornouaille) and within this region to the area Bro Loudieg (French Pays de Loudéac) and shares its history. From 1793 until its dissolution in 1801, Croixanvec belonged to the canton of Noyal. Since then, the place has been assigned to the canton of Pontivy.
Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste village church (also Saint-Samson et Saint-Maurice ) from the 18th century
- Rigole d'Hilvern (rainwater seepage canal) from 1824 to 1834
- a 17th century house in Le Guer
- Calvary in the village cemetery
- Lourdes grotto on the road to Crano
- Former maison de Garde-Barrière from the 19th century in Le Bas-Crano
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 723-724.
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.
- ↑ Croixanvec on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ 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)
