Kergrist
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Gourin | |
| Community association | Pontivy Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 9 ′ N , 2 ° 57 ′ W | |
| height | 79-166 m | |
| surface | 29.66 km 2 | |
| Residents | 723 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 24 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56300 | |
| INSEE code | 56093 | |
| Website | http://www.kergrist.fr/ | |
Kergrist ( Breton : also kergrist ) is a French municipality with 723 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Pontivy Communauté .
geography
Kergrist is located in the north of the Morbihan department on the border with the Côtes-d'Armor department and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.
Neighboring municipalities are the municipalities of Guerlédan in the Côtes-d'Armor department with the Commune déléguée Mûr-de-Bretagne in the north-west, Saint-Connec in the north and Hémonstoir in the north-east, Croixanvec in the south-east, Saint-Gérand in the south and Neulliac in the south and west .
Because of its location on the border of the department, the place is a bit away from roads for national traffic. To the west of Kergrist, the D767 runs from Pontivy to Mûr-de-Bretagne. The most important road connections are the D700 / D768 (formerly Route nationale 168 ), which passes several kilometers southeast of the municipality, and the N164 in the north.
The most important bodies of water are the Perchénic and Kergal streams . The Perchénic also partially forms the municipality and department boundary. There are also several ponds in the municipality.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 933 | 793 | 658 | 645 | 666 | 659 | 655 |
history
The municipality historically belongs to the Breton region of Kernev (French Cornouaille ) and within this region to the area Bro Pondi (French Pays de Pontivy) and shares its history. From 1793 until its dissolution in 1801, Remungol belonged to the canton of Neuillac. Since then it has been assigned to the canton of Cléguérec.
Attractions
- Village church of Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul (sometimes also called Sainte-Croix ); partly from the 15th and 16th centuries, enlarged 1893/1894
- Chapel Saint-Mérec from 1847
- Calvaries by Guervihan (1722), Perchenic (1748) and Brohes (1762)
- Liez manor (also called Lié ) from 1608
- 15th and 16th century manor of Berrien
- House Le Pretre in Botquelen from 1722
- Mills in Espernoit, Kergal and Perchénic
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 175-178.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of the CC du Pays de PontivyCC (French)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Kergrist on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2008 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)
