Saint-Barthélemy (Morbihan)
Saint Barthélemy Bartelame |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Morbihan | |
Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
Canton | Pontivy | |
Community association | Center Morbihan Community | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 56 ′ N , 3 ° 3 ′ W | |
height | 27-151 m | |
surface | 21.90 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,164 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 53 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 56150 | |
INSEE code | 56207 | |
Website | http://www.saint-barthelemy56.net/ | |
Saint-Adrien Chapel |
Saint-Barthélemy ( Breton : Bartelame ) is a French municipality with 1164 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .
geography
Saint-Barthélemy is located in the southern part of central Brittany and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy . The municipality is bordered to the west by the Blavet River .
Neighboring communities are Pluméliau-Bieuzy with Pluméliau in the north and northeast, Guénin in the east and southeast, Baud in the south, Quistinic in the southwest and Melrand in the northwest.
In a north-south direction, the D 768 runs east of the municipality, connecting Auray to Pontivy . The Auray – Pontivy railway runs through the municipality .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
Residents | 1,501 | 1,375 | 1,343 | 1,188 | 1,093 | 1,050 | 1.110 |
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. It was a district within the municipality of Baud until July 17, 1867. Since then it has been an independent community.
Attractions
- Church Saint-Barthélemy from 1895
- Saint-Fiacre chapel (16th century)
- Saint-Adrien Chapel (15th and 16th centuries)
- several smaller chapels
- Remains from the early and Gallic times
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 123-125.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Saint-Barthélemy on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2013 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)
Web links
- Saint-Barthélemy on the Insee website
- Location and brief information about Saint-Barthélemy
- Information about the history and the sights
- Additional information on Saint-Barthélemy
- Saint-Barthélemy on the website of the Institut géographique national
- Brief information about the municipality (PDF; 443 kB)