Messac (Ille-et-Vilaine)

Messac
local community	Guipry-Messac
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Redon
Coordinates	47 ° 50 ′ N , 1 ° 48 ′ W Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ N , 1 ° 48 ′ W
Post Code	35480
Former INSEE code	35176
Incorporation	January 1, 2016
status	Commune déléguée
Website	http://www.messac35.fr/
	; Messac Town Hall

Messac ( Breton : Mezeg ; Gallo : Meczac ) is a town and commune Déléguée in the French municipality Guipry-Messac with 3,163 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany . The inhabitants are called Messacois .

geography

Messac is located about 32 kilometers south-southwest of Rennes on the eastern bank of the Vilaine River . Messac is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Saint-Malo-de-Phily in the north, Pléchâtel in the northeast, Bain-de-Bretagne in the east, La Noë-Blanche in the east and southeast, Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine in the south, Langon in the southwest as well as Guipry to the west. The former route nationale 772 runs through the municipality . The place has a station "Messac-Guipry" on the Rennes-Redon railway line .

history

In 843, when Messac was still known as Metiacus , Lambert II of Nantes and his allies, the Viking prince Hasting and the Breton prince Nominoë, fought Renaud of Herbauges in the Battle of Messac , which Renaud won. The subsequent fight at Blain ended fatally for Renaud and successful for Lambert II. In the 13th century there was a commandant's office for the Knights Templar, which is still visible today as a building.

The municipality of Messac was merged with Guipry to form the Commune nouvelle Guipry-Messac with effect from January 1, 2016 . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Redon and was part of the canton of Redon (until 2015: canton of Bain-de-Bretagne ).

population

Number of inhabitants
(source: Insee)
year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	2.175	2,169	2.212	2,232	2,276	2,243	2,544	2,907

Attractions

Saint-Abdon-et-Saint-Sennen church
Chapel of the Templar Commandantur from the 13th century (so-called Temple de la Coëfferie ), Monument historique

River port, proven since the 11th century, the original river port of Rennes

Bœuvres Castle, built in the early 17th century, restored in 1900

Le Hardaz Castle, fortifications from the Middle Ages, ruins of the castle from the 17th century

La Pommeraie Castle, built in the first half of the 17th century

Vautenet Castle from the 16th century with a chapel from the 17th century

Menhir from Les Grées

Raulin watermill

Croméré and Bodel windmills