Gueltas

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Gueltas
Gweltaz
Gueltas (France)
Gueltas
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Pontivy
Canton Pontivy
Community association Pontivy Communauté
Coordinates 48 ° 6 ′  N , 2 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′  N , 2 ° 48 ′  W
height 66-162 m
surface 20.45 km 2
Residents 512 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56920
INSEE code 56072

Bojus lock on the Canal de Nantes à Brest

Gueltas ( Breton : Gweltaz ) is a French municipality with 512 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Pontivy Communauté .

geography

Gueltas is located in the far north of the Morbihan department on the border with the Côtes-d'Armor department and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.

Neighboring communities are Saint-Gonnery in the north, Saint-Maudan and Rohan in the east, Crédin in the south-east, Kerfourn in the south-west, Noyal-Pontivy in the west and Saint-Gérand in the north-west , in the Côtes-d'Armor department .

The place is a bit away from roads for national traffic. The most important road connection is the D700 / D768 (formerly Route nationale 168 ), which passes north of the municipality. The D125 runs through the village itself from Rohan to Saint-Gérand.

The most important bodies of water are the Canal de Nantes à Brest and three reservoirs ( Étang aux Grebes , Étang de la Dame Noire and Étang du Château ) in the southwest of the municipality. The Forêt de Branguily as a large, contiguous piece of forest covers a significant part of the municipal area.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Residents 649 610 591 545 518 544 525

history

The municipality historically belongs to the Breton region of Kernev (French Cornouaille ) and within this region to the area Bro Loudieg (French Pays de Loudéac) and shares its history. It was created in 1839 by splitting the former municipality of Noyal-Pontivy into five municipalities.

Attractions

  • Village church of Saint-Gildas in neo-Gothic style from 1886 with cult objects from the previous church
  • Rigole d'Hilvern (rainwater seepage canal) from 1824 to 1834
  • the 17th century house Maison Paysanne in Kerloe
  • Calvary from the 16th century
  • 17th century fountain of Saint-Gildas
  • 19th century lock keeper's house in Branguily
  • Lock staircase of La Foret from the 19th century

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 725-726.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official website of the CC du Pays de PontivyCC (French)
  2. ↑ 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pays-pontivy.fr
  3. ↑ Gueltas on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
  4. ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2013 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. (French)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fr.topic-topos.com

Web links

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