Guitté

Guitté ; Gwitei
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Broons
Community association	Dinan agglomeration
Coordinates	48 ° 18 ′ N , 2 ° 6 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ N , 2 ° 6 ′ W
height	45-137 m
surface	14.53 km 2
Residents	706 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	49 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22350
INSEE code	22071
Website	http://guitte.pagesperso-orange.fr/

Guitté ( Breton : Gwitei ) is a French commune with 706 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 Guittéens / Guittéennes .

geography

Guitté is located about 37 kilometers northwest of Rennes in the east of the Côtes-d'Armor department.

history

Remains and finds from the Stone Age and the Roman road leading through the municipality from Alet to Corseul indicate an early settlement. In the Middle Ages, the Lords of Guitté were the first of a series of noble families to administer the place. In 1832 there was an important exchange of territory with the municipality of Médréac . The parish was part of the Dinan District from 1793 to 1801. It was also part of the canton of Trefumel from 1793 to 1801, then of the canton of Saint-Jouan-de-l'Ille and from 1881 to 2015 of the canton of Caulnes . Since 1801, Guitté has been administratively part of the Arrondissement of Dinan. Guitté was first mentioned by name in 1148 in a deed of donation to Boquen Abbey.

Population development

year	1793	1836	1861	1911	1921	1936	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	1,025	1,072	952	962	793	770	606	611	554	541	524	526	601	653
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

Château de Beaumont castle (oldest parts from the 15th century)
Castle Château de Couëllan (built in the 16th century)
Castle Château de la Perchais (built in 1725)
Saint-Servan village church (15th-17th centuries; restored in the 19th century)
Chapel of Saint-Nicolas de Couëllan (also Coueslan, built 1672)
Saint-Mathurin Chapel (built in 1744, also called Saint-Gourgon)
Manor Manoir des Touches from 17-18. century
Manor Manoir de la Ville-Férier (built 1607)
the former rectory
three mills in Beaumont, Le Pré-au-Coq and Néal
Memorial to the Fallen
Menhir by La Pierre Longue