Saint-Brice-en-Coglès

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Saint-Brice-en-Coglès
Coat of arms of Saint-Brice-en-Coglès
Saint-Brice-en-Coglès (France)
Saint-Brice-en-Coglès
local community Maen Roch
region Brittany
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Fougères-Vitré
Coordinates 48 ° 25 ′  N , 1 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′  N , 1 ° 22 ′  W
Post Code 35460
Former INSEE code 35257
Incorporation January 1, 2017
status Commune déléguée

Former town hall of Saint-Brice-en-Coglès

Saint-Brice-en-Coglès ( Breton : Sant-Brizh-Gougleiz ) is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Maen Roch with 3,026 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany . The inhabitants are called Briçois .

The municipality of Saint-Brice-en-Coglès was merged with Saint-Étienne-en-Coglès to form the Commune nouvelle Maen Roch with effect from January 1, 2017 . It belonged to the Arrondissement Fougères-Vitré and the canton Antrain (until 2015: canton Saint-Brice-en-Coglès ).

geography

Saint-Brice-en-Coglès is located about 46 km northeast of Rennes . The Loisance River runs the surrounding area to the north and northwest. The former route nationale 155 (today's D155) runs through the area . Saint-Brice-en-Coglès is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Coglès in the north, La Selle-en-Coglès in the northeast, Saint-Étienne-en-Coglès in the east and southeast, Baillé in the south, and Saint-Marc-le-Blanc in the southwest as well as Tremblay to the west.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
1962 2045 2403 2477 2484 2395 2655 3026

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Brice-en-Coglès

  • Saint-Brice Church, built in 1776, rebuilt in 1820 and 1855
  • Sainte-Catherine chapel from the 17th century
  • Le Rocher-Portail Castle from 1617, Monument historique since 1961
  • La Motte Castle or Saint-Brice Castle from the 17th century
  • 19th century La Vilette castle with chapel
  • Manor of La Branche from the 15th / 16th centuries century
  • 17th century manor house of La Bouvrais

Personalities

Partnerships

We have partnerships with the following municipalities :

  • Karlstadt in Lower Franconia (Bavaria), Germany, since 1970
  • Dopiewo in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, since 2008
  • Skrunda in the Kurzeme region, Latvia, since 2006

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 1453-1462.

Web links

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