Pont-Péan
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Pont-Péan Pont-Pagan |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Rennes | |
| Canton | Bruz | |
| Community association | Rennes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 1 ′ N , 1 ° 42 ′ W | |
| height | 17-44 m | |
| surface | 8.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,463 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 509 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35131 | |
| INSEE code | 35363 | |
| Website | http://www.pontpean.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Pont-Péan |
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Pont-Péan ( Breton : Pont-Pagan ) is a French municipality with 4463 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Rennes and the Canton of Bruz . The inhabitants arecalled Pontpéannais .
geography
Pont-Péan is about twelve kilometers south of Rennes on the Seiche . Pont-Péan is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Chartres-de-Bretagne in the north, Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche in the northeast, Saint-Erblon in the east, Orgères in the southeast, Laillé in the southwest and Bruz in the west.
The former Route nationale 137 runs through the municipality from Rennes to Nantes .
history
In 1986 the municipality was detached from the municipality of Saint-Erblon.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 | |
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| 1355 | 1287 | 1565 | 2011 | 3213 | 3635 | 4463 | ||
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Attractions
- Saint-Melanie Church (old chapel of the mine)
- Galena, lead and zinc mine at Pont-Péan, opened in 1730 after the lead had been discovered in 1628, closed in 1932, Monument historique since 1985
Parish partnership
With the Irish community Muine Bheag in County Carlow is one since 1999 community partnership .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 249-251.
