Guenroc

Guenroc ; Gwenroc'h
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Broons
Community association	Dinan agglomeration
Coordinates	48 ° 19 ′ N , 2 ° 4 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ N , 2 ° 4 ′ W
height	23-103 m
surface	7.39 km 2
Residents	220 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	30 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22350
INSEE code	22069
Website	http://guenroc.mairie.pagespro-orange.fr/

Guenroc ( Breton : Gwenroc'h ) is a French commune with 220 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dinan and the Canton of Broons . The residents call themselves Guenrocois (es) .

geography

Guenroc is located about 37 kilometers northwest of Rennes in the east of the Côtes-d'Armor department. At the southern border of the municipality, the river Rance runs as a reservoir of the Barrage de Rophemel . In the far south-west the Frémeur flows into the Rance.

history

Several finds from the Celtic and Gallo-Roman times prove an early settlement. In the Middle Ages there were several feudal lords. The first noble family were the lords of Guenroc, the community belonged to the Dinan district from 1793 to 1801. It was also part of the canton of Trefumel from 1793 to 1801, then from 1801 to 1881 of the canton of Saint-Jouan-de-l'Ille and from 1881 to 2015 of the canton of Caulnes . Since 1801, Guenroc has been administratively part of the Arrondissement of Dinan. First mention of Guenroc by name during an official investigation into legal claims in 1286.

Population development

year	1793	1800	1831	1836	1846	1911	1921	1936	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	569	433	570	526	587	412	350	339	268	249	193	185	176	195	183	214
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

The increasing mechanization of agriculture and the high number of those who died in the First World War led to a drop in the number of inhabitants to the lows of recent times.

Attractions

Village church of Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais (built 1465 or 1475, restored in the 18th century)
Cross by Le Defas (also Les Défas / Dol / Beaumelin) from the 17th century
several mansions: Cariou (built 1634), Giguais (15th / 16th century), Lattay and Launay ou L'Aulnaie
the former rectory
older houses in the village center and in Giguais
Saint Jarnoüen village fountain
Market / factory halls from 1649
Memorial to the Fallen
the quartz rock Le Roc Blanc with the cross