Guehenno

Guéhenno ; Gwezhennoù
region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Pontivy
Canton	Moréac
Community association	Center Morbihan Community
Coordinates	47 ° 54 ′ N , 2 ° 38 ′ W 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

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