Rohan
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Grand Champ | |
| Community association | Pontivy Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 4 ′ N , 2 ° 45 ′ W | |
| height | 60-150 m | |
| surface | 23.43 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,636 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 70 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56580 | |
| INSEE code | 56198 | |
| Website | http://www.rohan.fr/ | |
 Notre-Dame de Bonne-Encontre chapel |
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Rohan is a French commune with 1,636 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the arrondissement Pontivy and the canton Grand-Champ (until 2015 the main town of the canton Rohan ). The place is on the banks of the river Oust above Josselin .
history
Rohan is located in the former vice county of Porhoët and is the ancestral home of the Rohan family . The seigneurie was created in 1120 through the division of the estate between Geoffroy and Alain de Porhoët . The latter seized the right bank of the river (except for Ploërmel ) and the area around Josselin, and built his castle here. In 1604, King Henry IV elevated Rohan to duchy, but the new duke, Henri II. De Rohan , then moved his seat to Pontivy to the Château de Pontivy , which his grandfather Jean II. De Rohan had built.
Population development
| Population development in Rohan | ||
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| 1962 | 1,648 | |
| 1968 | 1,731 | |
| 1975 | 1,746 | |
| 1982 | 1,707 | |
| 1990 | 1,604 | |
| 1999 | 1,521 | |
| 2006 | 1,570 | |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame de Bonne-Encontre chapel, 16th century ( Monument historique )
- Saint-Gouvry Chapel, 16th century
- Neo-Gothic Saint-Gobien church, late 19th century
- Neo-Gothic Saint-Samson Chapel, rebuilt in 1904 on the foundations of a 15th century church
- Manoir de Quengo, 16th century
- Canal de Nantes à Brest (the canalized Oust)
- Trappist Abbey of Notre Dame de Timadeuc (in Brehan )
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 919-925.
