Le Croisty
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Le Croisty Ar C'hroesti |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Gourin | |
| Community association | Roi Morvan Community | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 4 ′ N , 3 ° 22 ′ W | |
| height | 123-255 m | |
| surface | 15.88 km 2 | |
| Residents | 709 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 45 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56540 | |
| INSEE code | 56048 | |
| Website | http://le.croisty.free.fr | |
 Saint-Jean Baptiste village church in Le Croisty |
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Le Croisty ( Breton : Ar C'hroesti ) is a French municipality with 709 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Roi Morvan Communauté .
geography
Le Croisty is located in the northwest of the Morbihan department and belongs to the Pays du Roi Morvan.
Neighboring municipalities are Saint-Tugdual in the north, Ploërdut in the east, Saint-Caradec-Trégomel in the south and Priziac in the west.
The place itself is a bit away from important thoroughfares. Le Croisty is the junction of the D178 from Plouray to Plouay and the D132 from Ploërdut to Le Faouët . The most important regional road connection D769 from Saint-Pol-de-Léon to Lorient passes eleven kilometers west of the town.
The most important body of water is the Aër River . In part, this also forms the municipal boundary. There are also several ponds in the municipality.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 1.106 | 1,113 | 1,019 | 921 | 846 | 735 | 685 |
history
Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the Bro Bourlet (French: Pays Pourlet) area and shares its history. Le Croisty was created on November 29, 1903 by a spin-off from the municipality of Saint-Tugdual. Since then, the municipality has belonged to the canton of Guémené-sur-Scorff.
Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste village church from the 15th and 16th centuries; restored between 1860 and 1897 ( Monument historique )
- Mansion Garhenec from the 17th century; restored in the 20th century
- the mills Le Temple (from 1540) and Moulin de l'Aër
- Dolmen of the Moustérien
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 361-362.
Individual evidence
- ^ Map with the municipalities of the Pays du Roi Morvan
- ↑ Le Croisty on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2009 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)
