Le Minihic-sur-Rance

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Le Minihic-sur-Rance
Minic'hi-Poudour
Le Minihic-sur-Rance (France)
Le Minihic-sur-Rance
region Brittany
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Saint Malo
Canton Saint-Malo-2
Community association Côte d'Émeraude
Coordinates 48 ° 35 ′  N , 2 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 35 ′  N , 2 ° 1 ′  W
height 0-61 m
surface 3.91 km 2
Residents 1,449 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 371 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 35870
INSEE code
Website http://www.le-minihic-sur-rance.fr/

Town hall of Le Minihic-sur-Rance

Le Minihic-sur-Rance ( Breton : Minic'hi-Poudour ) is a French municipality with 1449 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany . Le Minihic-sur-Rance belongs to the Arrondissement of Saint-Malo and the Canton of Saint-Malo-2 (until 2015: Canton of Dinard ). The inhabitants are called minihicois .

geography

Le Minihic-sur-Rance is located on the western side of the Rance estuary on the Emerald Coast , about eight kilometers south of Saint-Malo . Le Minihic-sur-Rance is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pleurtuit in the west and Langrolay-sur-Rance in the south and on the other side of the estuary Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets in the northeast and Saint-Suliac in the southeast.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 747 721 791 978 1148 1267 1298 1449

Attractions

  • Saint Malo church
  • Sainte-Anne Chapel from 1660, Monument historique
  • Le Houx mansion, built in the 17th and 18th centuries Century with chapel
  • Auffenais mansion
  • Saint-Buc Castle
  • Tide mills

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Le Minihic-sur-Rance

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 485-490.

Web links

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