Saint-Coulomb

Saint-Coulomb Sant-Kouloum
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Saint Malo
Canton	Saint-Malo-1
Community association	Pays de Saint-Malo
Coordinates	48 ° 41 ′  N , 1 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 41 ′  N , 1 ° 55 ′  W
height	0-52 m
surface	18.04 km 2
Residents	2,707 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	150 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	35350
INSEE code	35263
Website	http://www.saintcoulomb.com/
Coast at Saint-Coulomb

Saint-Coulomb ( Breton Sant-Kouloum ) is a French municipality with 2707 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany .

geography

The municipality is located between Saint-Malo and Cancale and 70 kilometers from the Breton capital Rennes .

history

The congregation takes its name from the Irish monk Columban , who landed on Guesclin Beach near Saint-Colomb in 580 and began missionary work in Europe.
There was already a small fortress around 450 BC, remains of which can still be found today. Allegedly the Sarrezen king , who was on the run from the Carolingians , landed on a beach near Saint-Colomb . He settled on an island where he lived for thirty years. When he heard of the imminent arrival of Charlemagne , he fled again, leaving a child behind. Charles the Great called it Glay Acquin . This later became Guesclin . This family ruled the village for a long time. Around 1254, the village lord built a fortress that made for easier defense towards the interior. In the Middle Ages, the Plessis-Bertrand family acquired control of Saint-Coulomb, Cancale and neighboring villages up to the city walls of Saint-Malo. The ruins of Le Plessis-Bertrand Castle , which was destroyed in the Wars of Religion in 1598, still stand today . The rulers also owned the mill on the Mer du Lupine , which already existed around the year 1200. Today you can see the only dune on the coast of Ille-et-Vilaine. In the 17th century, wealthy shipowners from Saint-Malo in Saint-Coulomb built Malouinières , large country houses. There are still almost twenty such houses in the Saint-Coulomb area. During the French Revolution - the village was called Coulomb Rocher at the time - there were also civilian casualties. In 1911 Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette bought a house in Saint-Coulomb. It stayed there until 1926. During the Second World War there were several German bunkers near Saint-Coulomb that were supposed to prevent an Allied landing on the coast. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the local economy shifted its focus away from fishing towards growing vegetables.

Demographics

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	1390	1542	1611	1746	1938	2168	2348	2707

age structure

28 percent of the population are 19 years old or younger. Seven percent of the population are 75 years old or older.

Attractions

Saint-Colomban Church

See: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Coulomb

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 278-282.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Coulomb  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Population development from 1793

Individual evidence

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3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 1, 2010 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.