Gestel
Gestel Yestael |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Morbihan | |
Arrondissement | Lorient | |
Canton | Guidel | |
Community association | Lorient agglomeration | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 48 ′ N , 3 ° 27 ′ W | |
height | 13-66 m | |
surface | 6.25 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,684 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 429 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 56830 | |
INSEE code | 56063 | |
Website | http://www.gestel.fr/ | |
![]() Mairie Gestel |
Gestel ( bret. : Yestael ) is a French municipality with 2684 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Lorient and the canton of Guidel .
geography
Gestel is located in the interior of the Morbihan department on the border with the Finistère department . It's about ten kilometers to the sea. From Gestel it is only around nine kilometers in a south-easterly direction to the city center of Lorient . The place is on the Route nationale 165 and on the Savenay – Landerneau railway .
history
Finds prove human presence at the time of the Gauls and Romans. In the Middle Ages, monks from the Abbey of Saint-Maurice-de-Carnoët founded a small monastery in Moustoiric. Gestel first belonged to the parish of Bévoy, from the 15th century until the French Revolution to the parish of Lesbin-Pont Scorff. Gestel only became an independent municipality in 1790.
Population development
Between 1793 and 1968 the population remained more or less stable. Since 1968, the number of residents has grown rapidly due to the proximity to Lorient (1968-2012: +410%). The development:
year | 1793 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 431 | 552 | 525 | 758 | 1566 | 1921 | 2227 | 2500 | 2684 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs village church
- Notre-Dame-de-Kergornet chapel with a contained spring
- Source of the Sainte-Flamine chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 763-765.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from April 2, 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.