Kerias

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Kerien
Kerien-Boulvriag
Kerien (France)
Kerias
region Brittany
Department Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Guingamp
Canton Callac
Community association Guingamp Paimpol Armor Argoat Agglomération
Coordinates 48 ° 23 ′  N , 3 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′  N , 3 ° 13 ′  W
height 223-309 m
surface 21.88 km 2
Residents 254 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 22480
INSEE code 22088

Kerien (Breton Kerien-Boulvriag ) is a French commune with 254 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany . It belongs to the arrondissement of Guingamp and to the community association Guingamp Paimpol Armor Argoat Agglomération, founded in 2016 .

geography

The municipality of Kerien is located 20 kilometers south of Guingamp and 85 kilometers north of Lorient in the interior of the Breton peninsula. The municipal area of ​​21.88 km² is part of the catchment area of ​​the coastal river Blavet (Breton: Blavezh ), which marks the western municipal boundary .

The municipality of Kerien consists of the following villages and districts:

  • Coatantiec
  • Cosquer Jehan
  • Crec'h Quenez Bihan
  • Crec'h Quenez Braz
  • Guerguingiou
  • Fellow guy
  • Kerlouët
  • Keropars
  • Kersaliou Traou
  • La Salle
  • La Villeneuve
  • Roc'h to Bley
  • Roc'h Glaz Braz
  • Saint-Norgant

as well as from numerous nameless little hamlets and individual farms. The village of Kerien with the town hall and church is located in the extreme southeast of the municipality.

The landscape around Kerien is characterized by arable and grassland areas, which are separated from each other by the hedges typical of the area. Apart from the slopes on steep sections of the river, the area is poorly forested; only in the north does the municipality have shares in smaller forest areas. In the north the hills reach heights of just over 300 m; At 301 m there is a radio tower near the hamlet of Roc'h Glaz Bihan .

Neighboring communities of Kerien are Bourbriac in the north, Magoar in the east, Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux in the east, Lanrivain in the south, Peumerit-Quintin in the southwest and Maël-Pestivien in the west.

history

Kerien and the surrounding areas were built in the middle of the 12th century at the time of the founding of Coëtmaloën Abbey . The municipality of Kerien (called Querien in 1793 , Querrien in 1801 ) has remained unchanged since 1793.

Kérien literally means “cold city”. However, it is assumed that it is a corruption of Ker Jan , which means something like place of Jean (John, Johannes) . The background to this assumption is the existence of a small chapel called Saint-Jean in the early phase of settlement in what is now the municipality. Until the establishment of a separate parish in Kerien in 1879, services were held in the St. Norgant chapel.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 566 499 453 342 287 218 262 254
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Saint-Pierre
  • Saint-Jean du Pénity chapel with a fountain from 1733, Monument historique
  • Menhirs in the hamlets of Cosquer Jehan and Saint-Norgant
  • Calvaire in the Kerligan district from the 16th century with a crucifixion sculpture and Pietà on a gray stone base, Monument historique
  • Chapel in the district of Saint-Norgant
  • Lavoir and various fountains
Parish Church of Saint-Pierre
Calvaire de Kerligan
Saint-Jean du Pénity chapel

Economy and Infrastructure

There are 33 farms in the municipality of Kerien (cereal cultivation, dairy farming, cattle, pig and poultry breeding).

Kerien is located away from the nationally important traffic routes. The trunk road from Guingamp to Gouarec (D 8) runs through the municipality . In Gouarec there is a connection to the partly motorway-like RN 164 . The nearest train station is in Guingamp, 20 kilometers away.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 78-79.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Kerien at the presentation of the community association (PDF file, French)
  2. ↑ Kerien on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Kerien on insee.fr
  4. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved June 20, 2015 (French).
  5. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved June 20, 2015 (French).
  6. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved June 20, 2015 (French).
  7. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Kerien  - Collection of Images