Rouillac (Cotes-d'Armor)

Rouillac Rioleg
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Broons
Community association	Lamballe Terre et Mer
Coordinates	48 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 22 ′  W
height	81-187 m
surface	15.77 km 2
Residents	395 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22250
INSEE code	22267
Mairie Rouillac

Rouillac ( Breton : Rioleg ; Gallo : Rólhac ) is a French commune with 395 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc and the canton of Broons . The residents call themselves Rouillacais (es) .

geography

Rouillac is located about 55 kilometers west-northwest of Rennes and 37 kilometers southeast of Saint-Brieuc in the southeast of the Côtes-d'Armor department.

history

Finds from the Neolithic Age show that the place was settled early. In the Middle Ages, a moth emerged near today's Bougueneuf forest . The parish was part of the Broons district from 1793 to 1801. It has also been part of the canton of Broons since 1793 . Since 1801, Rouillac has been administratively part of the Arrondissement of Dinan. First mention of Rouillac by name under its current name around 1472/1475.

Population development

year	1793	1800	1896	1911	1921	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	942	672	1048	1006	914	607	579	518	479	424	366	356	380
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

The increasing mechanization of agriculture and the high number of those who died in the First World War led to a drop in the number of inhabitants to the lows of recent times.

Attractions

• Saint-Sébastien village church from 1879 (small parts, however, are from the 12th century)
• Wayside cross of Le Tertre from the 15th / 17th centuries century
• Manor Manoir du Margaro 16th century
• Rectory from 1807
• House Maison de La Gomberdière from the 17th century
• Le Margaro oak from the 16th century
• Memorial to the Fallen

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 96-97.

Web links

Commons : Rouillac (Côtes-d'Armor)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Location of the municipality
• Brief information about the community
• Rouillac on the IGN website
• Photos of the Saint-Sébastien village church
• Information about the history and the sights

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description of the sights (French) ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2016 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. 
2. ↑ Memorial to the fallen of the two world wars