Guehenno
Guéhenno Gwezhennoù |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Morbihan | |
Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
Canton | Moréac | |
Community association | Center Morbihan Community | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 54 ′ N , 2 ° 38 ′ W | |
height | 58-155 m | |
surface | 23.33 km 2 | |
Residents | 796 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 34 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 56420 | |
INSEE code | 56071 | |
Website | http://www.guehenno.fr/ |
Guéhenno ( Breton : Gwezhennoù :; Gallo Gèceno is a) French community with 796 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .
geography
Guéhenno is located in the southern part of Brittany in the center of the Morbihan department and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.
Neighboring municipalities are Guégon in the north and north-east, Cruguel and Billio in the south-east, Saint-Jean-Brévelay in the south-west, Bignan in the west and Buléon in the north-west.
The D778 runs through the village from Saint-Jean-Brévelay to Josselin . The N24 from Lorient to Rennes is important for national traffic . The closest connection to this is 5 km north in La Pointe.
The two streams Sedon and Lay as well as several ponds and ponds are the main bodies of water in the community. The municipal boundary partially runs along the streams.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
Residents | 975 | 900 | 849 | 844 | 835 | 730 | 786 |
history
Guéhenno is mentioned for the first time in 1260 under the name Monster-Guézenou , the name Mouster-Guezenou is used until the 15th century . It goes back to a monastery or, more likely, a rural chapel dedicated to Saint Guéthénoc .
Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro-Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the area of Reter Bro Gwened (French: Vannetais oriental) and shares its history.
The discovery of numerous polished stone axes and some Tetricus coins as well as the presence of small burial mounds in the Grano-Moor testify to a Celtic and then Gallo-Roman settlement , and there is also a miliarium on the municipal area.
Every year, on Michaelmas , found on Mount Guéhenno held a very important trade fair, in which the Countess of Porhoët a demurrage demanded.
The parish was the scene of some heroic deeds by the Chouannerie . Georges Cadoudal defeated a force of Republicans in Guéhenno in 1789 , and in 1791 Rector Vincent Denouel refused to take the oath on the civil constitution of the clergy . He was deported to Guyana , where he died on December 22, 1798.
From 1801 until its dissolution on September 10, 1926, it belonged to the Arrondissement of Ploërmel. From 1793 until its dissolution in 1801, Guéhenno belonged to the canton of Plumelec. Since then, the municipality has been assigned to the canton of Saint-Jean-Brévelay.
Guéhenno owned the Chapelle Notre-Dame-ès-Brières , now part of Guégon , and the Timbrieux Castle , which is now in the Cruguel area.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Guéhenno
- Village center, called Le Bourg
- Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste village church from the 16th century
- Chapel of Saint-Michel (also called Chapel of the Mountain) from the 15th and 16th centuries
- Village cemetery with Calvary from the 16th century and ossuary from 1863/64
- old house from the 16th century
- 16th century mansion of Lemay
- several (way) crosses, wells and seven mills
- Tumulus in Lande de Grano
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 935-937.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ ETYMOLOGY et HISTOIRE de GUEHENNO. In: infobretagne.com. Retrieved December 16, 2019 (French).
- ↑ a b c d e Histoire de la commune de Guéhenno. In: Topic Topos. Archived from the original on January 28, 2016 ; accessed on December 16, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Guéhenno on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original of June 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)