Quessoy
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Quessoy Késoé |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc | |
| Canton | Plaintel | |
| Community association | Lamballe Terre et Mer | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 25 ′ N , 2 ° 39 ′ W | |
| height | 37-161 m | |
| surface | 29.23 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,786 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 130 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 22120 | |
| INSEE code | 22258 | |
| Website | http://www.quessoy.com/ | |
Quessoy ( Breton : Késoé ) is a French municipality with 3786 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc and the canton of Plaintel .
geography
Quessoy is about ten kilometers southeast of Saint-Brieuc . Quessoy is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Yffiniac in the north, Pommeret in the northeast, Meslin in the east and northeast, Bréhand in the east and southeast, Hénon in the south and Plédran in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 2,055 | 2.006 | 2,275 | 2,864 | 3,105 | 3,184 | 3,368 | 3,593 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Quessoy
- Champ-Grosset dolmen, a historic monument since 1896
- Iron Age remains at the excavation site of Grohan, since 1971 Monument historique
- Saint-Pierre Church, built between 1837 and 1840
- Houssaye Chapel from the 18th / 19th centuries century
- La Roche-Rousse chapel from 1604/1605
- Saint-Sébastien chapel in Cressouard from 1769
- Chapel of the Hospitallers, built in 1862 on the site of a chapel of the Order of St. John (the so-called Hospitallers)
- Bogard Castle from the 16th century, monument historique since 1990
- Houssaye Castle with pigeon tower , from the 18th / 19th centuries Century, since 1982/2002 Monument historique
- 16th century mansion of Roche-Rousse, a historic monument since 2002
- Fontaine-Saint-Père castle from 1773, a historic monument since 2002
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 745-748.
Web links
Commons : Quessoy - collection of images, videos and audio files
