Domalain

Domalain Domalan
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	La Guerche-de-Bretagne
Community association	Vitré Communauté
Coordinates	48 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 15 ′  W
height	45-108 m
surface	33.54 km 2
Residents	2,018 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	60 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	35680
INSEE code	35097
Website	http://www.domalain.fr/

Domalain ( Breton : Domalan ; Gallo : Domalaen ) is a French municipality with 2,018 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the arrondissement Fougères-Vitré and is part of the canton of La Guerche-de-Bretagne (until 2015: canton of Argentré-du-Plessis ). The inhabitants are called Domalinois .

geography

Domalain is about 36 kilometers east of Rennes . This is where the Quincampoix rises , a tributary of the Seiche , which flows through the southern municipality. Domalain is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Étrelles in the north, Argentré-du-Plessis in the northeast, Saint-Germain-du-Pinel in the east, Moutiers in the southeast, La Guerche-de-Bretagne in the south, Visseiche in the southwest, Bais in the west and Vergéal in the north-west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	1,635	1,534	1,506	1,404	1,382	1,490	1,810	1,964
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Melaine church, tower from 1552, monument historique since 1926
• Sainte-Anne chapel from the second half of the 19th century
• Saint-Maimbœuf Chapel (also Notre-Dame-de-la-Délivrance Chapel), built at the end of the 19th century

Saint-Melaine church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 91-92.

Web links

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