Guénin
Guénin Gwennin |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Morbihan | |
Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
Canton | Pontivy | |
Community association | Center Morbihan Community | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 54 ′ N , 2 ° 59 ′ W | |
height | 32-152 m | |
surface | 28.71 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,769 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 62 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 56150 | |
INSEE code | 56074 | |
Website | http://www.guenin56.fr/ | |
Landscape near Guénin |
Guénin ( Breton : Gwennin ) is a commune with 1,769 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany .
location
Guénin is located in the southern part of central Brittany and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.
Neighboring municipalities are Pluméliau-Bieuzy with Pluméliau in the north, Évellys with Remungol in the northeast, Plumelin in the east, La Chapelle-Neuve in the southeast, Baud in the south and west, and Saint-Barthélemy in the northwest.
In north-south direction, the D 768 runs west of the municipality, the connection from Pontivy to Auray . South of Guénin, the RN 24 runs from Lorient to Rennes . The river Ével flows through the middle of the municipality .
history
Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro-Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the Bro Baod (French: Pays de Baud) area and shares its history. The place name is derived from Saint-Guénin , who was Bishop of Vannes in the 7th century.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
Residents | 1,704 | 1,517 | 1,433 | 1,319 | 1,239 | 1,227 | 1,362 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Guénin
- Town center, called Bourg
- Church Saint-Guénin from the years 1773/1774
- Chapel Notre-Dame du Manéguen from the year 1577
- Saint-Michel chapel from 1524
- Saint-Nicodème chapel from the 15th century
- numerous wayside crosses and a calvary
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 110-112.
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.
- ↑ Guénin on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2013 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)