Le Gouray

Le Gouray
local community	Le Mené
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Coordinates	48 ° 20 ′ N , 2 ° 29 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ′ N , 2 ° 29 ′ W
Post Code	22330
Former INSEE code	22066
Incorporation	January 1, 2016
status	Commune déléguée

Le Gouray ( Gallo : Le Gorae , Breton Gorre ) is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune of Le Mené with 1,292 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany . The inhabitants are called Gourayens / Gourayennes .

geography

Le Gouray is located about 29 kilometers southeast of Saint-Brieuc in the eastern half of the Côtes-d'Armor department.

history

The first traces of settlement such as the Allée couverte des Meurtiaux date from the Neolithic. Further excavations brought remains from the Celtic and Gallo-Roman times to light.

The parish arose in the early Middle Ages. In 1205 the place was first mentioned by name as Gorre in a church document. In addition, the district of La Motte-du-Parc was the seat of a lordship in the Middle Ages. Various epidemics haunted the community until modern times. In the 13th century there was a leprosy station in Le Gouray. On October 24, 1823, the Saint-Mirel settlement moved from Le Gouray to Collinée. At the same time, the Bransart settlement moved to Saint-Jacut-du-Mené. And on August 10, 1849, the municipality ceded various areas in the south to the municipality of Saint-Jacut-du-Mené. The municipality belonged to the Broons district from 1793 to 1801 and was the capital of the canton of Le Gourray. From 1801 to 1926 it was part of the Loudéac arrondissement and has since been part of the Dinan arrondissement. And from 1801 to 2015 it was a municipality in the canton of Collinée .

With effect from January 1, 2016, the new municipality of Le Mené , to which Le Gouray belongs , was created from the merger of all seven municipalities of the Communauté de communes du Mené . The municipality of Le Gouray belonged to the Arrondissement of Dinan and the canton of Plénée-Jugon .

Population development

The number of residents increased slightly between 1793 and 1836 (1793–1836: + 10.5%). This was followed by the first wave of emigration as a result of the increasing mechanization of agriculture (1836–1856: −17.2%). Until the turn of the century around 1900, the population remained at roughly the same level. A second wave of emigration began as early as 1900, which intensified as a result of the numerous dead and the flu wave of 1918. The strong rural exodus continued until around 1980 (1901–1982: −51.1%). After the turn of the millennium, there was significant growth (1999–2012: +34.3%).

Population development
year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
Residents	2.120	2.117	2,097	2,179	2,301	2,342	2,219	2,252	2,032	1,940	2.012	1,942	1,942	2,033	1.993	2.015	1,954	1.965
year	1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012	2013
Residents	1,906	1,784	1,740	1,626	1,558	1,433	1,346	1,237	1,143	1.108	1,068	988	932	944	939	1,072	1,261	1,263

Source: Cassini and INSEE from 1962

Attractions

Château de la Motte Basse castle

Saint-Étienne village church (built in 1854)

12th century Saint-Roch chapel (restored in the 17th century)

La Motte-Basse chapel from 1759

Calvary of La Motte-Basse

numerous crosses and wayside crosses from the 17th and 18th centuries

several mansions: Manoir du Vau-Raulet , Manoir de la Motte du Parc (15th century), Manoir des Murs (17th century) and Manoir de Quilloury (16th century)

old houses in the village center (built 1777) and Truet (built 1573)

Le Gros-Chêne estate from 1840

several mills

18th century thatched house in Le Limbé

Lavoir (wash house) in Noë-Perghien

Allée couverte from the Neolithic in L'Épine

Pont de Planchettes railway bridge (inaugurated in 1924)

Memorial to the Fallen