Gausson
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc | |
Canton | Mûr-de-Bretagne | |
Community association | Loudéac Community - Bretagne Center | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 18 ′ N , 2 ° 45 ′ W | |
height | 133-254 m | |
surface | 16.71 km 2 | |
Residents | 616 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 37 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 22150 | |
INSEE code | 22060 | |
Chapel of Saint Nicolas in Gausson |
Gausson ( Breton : Gwalc'hion ) is a French municipality with 616 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany .
geography
Gausson is dominated by agriculture. The next bigger cities are Pontivy and Saint-Brieuc . Gausson is surrounded by the municipality of Plœuc-L'Hermitage with Plœuc-sur-Lié in the north, Plouguenast in the east, La Motte in the south and Grâce-Uzel and Saint-Hervé in the southwest.
population
Residents of the community of Gausson are known as Gaussonnais in French .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2012 |
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907 | 806 | 691 | 662 | 603 | 580 | 585 | 633 | 652 |
Town twinning
Gausson has a partnership with the Tunisian city of Métouia .
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Gausson
- Saint-Nicolas chapel
- Saint-Etienne church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 1051-1052.
Web links
Commons : Gausson - collection of images, videos and audio files