Piré-sur-Seiche
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| local community | Piré-Chancé | |
| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Rennes | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 1 ′ N , 1 ° 26 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 35150 | |
| Former INSEE code | 35220 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.pire-sur-seiche.fr/ | |
 Piré-sur-Seiche town hall |
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Piré-sur-Seiche ( Breton : Pereg ; Gallo : Pirae ) is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Piré-Chancé with 2,590 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany . The inhabitants are called Piréens .
The municipality of Piré-sur-Seiche merged with Chancé on January 1, 2019 to form the Commune nouvelle Piré-Chancé. It belonged to the arrondissement of Rennes and was part of the canton of Châteaugiron (until 2015: canton of Janzé ).
geography
Piré-sur-Seiche is located about 21 kilometers east-southeast of Rennes on the Quincampoix River , which flows into the Seiche in the southwest of the Commune déléguée . The municipality of Piré-sur-Seiche was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail in the north and northwest, Domagné in the north and northeast, Chancé in the northeast, Moulins in the east, Boistrudan in the south and southeast, Essé in the south, Janzé in the Southwest and Amanlis in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 2.005 | 1,950 | 1,743 | 1,809 | 1,730 | 1,877 | 2.116 | 2,311 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church
- La Croix-Bouessé chapel from 1527, alterations in the 17th and 18th centuries. century
- Calvaire from 1587
- Piré Castle
- Le Plessis-Guériff Castle
- La Beauvais castle from the 17th century, rebuilt in the 19th century
- Epinay Castle from the 17th century
- La Bréhonnière mansion from the 15th century, rebuilt until the 18th century
- 17th century manor
- Water and windmills
Saint-Pierre church
La Croix-Bouessé chapel
Piré Castle
Personalities
- Hippolyte-Marie de Rosnyvinen (1778–1850), general of the cavalry
- Armand Coupel (1883–1966), Bishop of Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier
- Léon Letort (1889–1913), aviation pioneer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 773-779.
