Réguiny

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Réguiny
Regini
Coat of arms of Réguiny
Réguiny (France)
Réguiny
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Pontivy
Canton Grand Champ
Community association Pontivy Communauté
Coordinates 47 ° 59 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  W
height 61-129 m
surface 27.92 km 2
Residents 1,992 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 71 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56500
INSEE code
Website http://www.reguiny.com/

Réguiny ( Breton : Regini ) is a French municipality with 1992 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Pontivy Communauté .

geography

Réguiny is located in the north of the Morbihan department and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.

Neighboring municipalities are Crédin in the north, Pleugriffet in the east, Radenac and Moréac in the south and Évellys with Naizin in the west and northwest.

The place is a bit away from roads for national traffic. The main road link through the municipality is the D11 from Rohan to Saint-Jean-Brévelay . The next major road connection is the N24, which runs several kilometers south of the municipality. The rail connection through the Chemins de fer du Morbihan was given up again in 1939.

The most important bodies of water are some streams such as Coëdon , Runio and Bonvallon . The municipal boundary partially runs along these watercourses.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Residents 1,552 1,638 1,739 1,695 1,490 1,530 1,668

history

Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro-Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the Bro Baod (French: Pays de Baud) area and shares its history. From 1801 until its dissolution on September 10, 1926, it belonged to the Arrondissement of Ploërmel. From 1793 until its dissolution in 1801, Réguiny was the capital of the canton of the same name.

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Réguiny

  • Saint-Clair village church from 1899 to 1906, with statues from an older village church
  • Saint-Malo chapel in Locmalo from 1710
  • Castles of Porhman (15th-17th centuries) and Le Resto (1733/1906)
  • Calvary in the village cemetery
  • Calvary of Porhman from 1843
  • Saint-Men fountain in Locmalo
  • Saint Clair fountain from the late 18th century
  • Porhman and Ferrand watermills
  • Les Sanglots longs museum ( WWII period with regional and local stories)
  • Monument de la Résistance , commemorates the shooting of the Resistance fighter Louis-Auguste Nicolas on July 18, 1944
  • Gallic stele with cross

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 917-919.

Individual evidence

  1. Official website of the CC du Pays de PontivyCC (French)
  2. Map with the municipalities of the Pays de Pontivy ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pays-pontivy.fr
  3. Local history
  4. Réguiny on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
  5. Sights
  6. Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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

Commons : Réguiny  - collection of images, videos and audio files