La Grée-Saint-Laurent
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La Grée-Saint-Laurent Ar C'hrav-Sant-Laorañs |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Ploërmel | |
| Community association | Ploërmel Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 0 ′ N , 2 ° 30 ′ W | |
| height | 40-117 m | |
| surface | 7.90 km 2 | |
| Residents | 336 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 43 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56120 | |
| INSEE code | 56068 | |
| Website | http://lagreesaintlaurent.fr/fr_FR/ | |
 Saint-Sébastien Chapel |
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La Grée-Saint-Laurent ( Breton : Ar C'hrav-Sant-Laorañs , Gallo: La Graéy-Saent-Laurantz ) is a French municipality with 336 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .
geography
La Grée-Saint-Laurent is located in the northeast of the Morbihan department and belongs to the Pays de Josselin.
Neighboring municipalities are Forges de Lanouée with Les Forges in the north, Saint-Malo-des-Trois-Fontaines in the east, Helléan in the southeast, La Croix-Helléan in the south and Lanouée in the southwest and west.
The place itself is only on a side street. The regional road connection D16 from Josselin to Mauron passes near the village. The most important supraregional connection is the N 24 , which runs around ten kilometers south of La Grée-Saint-Laurent. The closest connection to this is north of Josselin.
The most important bodies of water are the Ninian River and the Galourais Brook . These partially form the municipal boundary. There are also some small ponds in the municipality. Only a small part of the municipal area is covered by forest areas.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 304 | 321 | 308 | 299 | 279 | 271 | 325 | 339 |
history
Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro-Sant-Maloù (French: Pays de Saint-Malo) and within this region to the Porc'hoed (French: Porhoët) area and shares its history. From 1801 until its dissolution on September 10, 1926, it belonged to the Arrondissement of Ploërmel. From 1793 to 1801 La Grée-Saint-Laurent belonged to the canton of Lanouée. Since then, the place has been assigned to the canton of Josselin.
Attractions
- Village church of Saint-Laurent from the 20th century with cult objects from the antechamber from the 15th century
- Saint-Sébastien chapel in the hamlet of the same name
- Windmill in Lorvran and watermills in Penros and Couesbout
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , p. 444.
Individual evidence
- ^ Map with the municipalities of the Pays de Josselin
- ↑ La Grée-Saint-Laurent on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from September 10, 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)
