Radenac

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Radenac
Radeneg
Radenac coat of arms
Radenac (France)
Radenac
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Pontivy
Canton Grand Champ
Community association Pontivy Communauté
Coordinates 47 ° 58 ′  N , 2 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′  N , 2 ° 43 ′  W
height 72-131 m
surface 21.65 km 2
Residents 1,059 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 49 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56500
INSEE code
Website https://www.radenac.fr/

Saint-Fiacre fountain

Radenac ( Breton : Radeneg ) is a French municipality with 1059 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Pontivy Communauté .

geography

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

Neighboring municipalities are Pleugriffet in the northeast, Lantillac in the east, Buléon in the southeast, Saint-Allouestre in the south, Moréac in the west and Réguiny in the northwest.

The place is a bit away from roads for national traffic. The main road links through the municipality are the D764 from Pontivy to Josselin and 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 most important bodies of water are some streams such as Kerropert , Ville and Bonvallon . The municipal boundary partially runs along these watercourses.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Residents 1,049 1.004 903 807 832 825 932

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, Pleugriffet belonged to the canton of Réguiny.

Attractions

See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Radenac

  • Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul village church from 1830 to 1840, with statues from an older village church
  • Saint-Fiacre chapel in the 14th century town of the same name
  • Notre-Dame chapel in the center of Radenac from 1930
  • Calvary in the village cemetery
  • Saint-Armel fountain from 10/11 Century in "Les Rivières"
  • Late 17th century Saint-Fiacre fountain
  • Memorial to the fallen of the First World War

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 916-917.

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. ^ Radenac on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
  4. 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

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