Quelneuc

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Quelneuc
Quelneuc (France)
Quelneuc
local community Carentoir
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Vannes
Coordinates 47 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 4 ′  W
Post Code 56910
Former INSEE code 56183
Incorporation January 1, 2017
Website http://www.mairie-quelneuc.fr/

The village church of Saint-François-de-Sales in Quelneuc

Quelneuc ( Gallo Qelenoec , Breton Kelenneg ) was a French municipality with 550 last inhabitants (1 January 2013) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . Quelneuc is a district of the municipality of Carentoir .

geography

Quelneuc is around twenty kilometers north of Redon in the east of the Morbihan department. The municipality belonged to the communal association Communauté de communes du Pays de la Gacilly .

Neighboring communities were Comblessac in the north, Maure-de-Bretagne in the northeast, Saint-Séglin in the east, Bruc-sur-Aff in the southeast, Sixt-sur-Aff in the south and Carentoir in the southwest and west.

history

The community was created on May 2, 1863 by splitting off from Carentoir and was incorporated back into Carentoir on January 1, 2017.

Population development

1866 1901 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
835 913 606 590 612 581 530 485 538 553
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Carentoir

  • Castle La Ville-Queno from 1890
  • Saint-François-de-Sales village church from 1875
  • Chapel Notre-Dame-du-Ronseray from 1960
  • La Fosse mill from the 16th century
  • 16th century mansion of Quelneuc
  • 15th century manor house of La Chouannière

dialect

Quelneuc belongs to the area of ​​Brittany where Gallo was spoken.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 288-289.

Individual evidence

  1. Official website of the CC du Pays de Gacilly (French)
  2. Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fr.topic-topos.com

Web links

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