Saint-Gérand (Morbihan)
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Saint-Gérand Sant-Jelan |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Pontivy | |
| Community association | Pontivy Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 7 ′ N , 2 ° 53 ′ W | |
| height | 82-151 m | |
| surface | 18.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,115 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 62 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56920 | |
| INSEE code | 56213 | |
| Website | http://www.st-gerand.fr/ | |
Saint-Gérand ( Breton : Sant-Jelan ) is a French municipality with 1115 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Pontivy Communauté .
geography
Saint-Gérand is located in the north of the Morbihan department and is part of the Pays de Pontivy.
Neighboring municipalities are Croixanvec in the north, Saint-Gonnery in the east, Gueltas in the south-east, Noyal-Pontivy in the south and south-west, Neulliac in the west and Kergrist in the north-west.
The most important road connection is the D700 / D768 (formerly Route nationale 168 ), which runs right through the municipality. The Saint-Brieuc – Pontivy railway ends today shortly before the Saint-Gérand train station, an industrial company is still being served.
The most important bodies of water are the Canal de Nantes à Brest and a few ponds spread across the municipality.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 788 | 740 | 687 | 826 | 871 | 891 | 944 |
history
The municipality historically belongs to the Breton region of Kernev (French Cornouaille ) and within this region to the area Bro Loudieg (French Pays de Loudéac) and shares its history. It was created in 1839 by splitting the former municipality of Noyal-Pontivy into five municipalities.
Attractions
- Saint-Gérand village church from the 15th and 16th centuries
- Chapel Saint-Dredeno 16th century
- Cross croix des Gallos from 1661
- Kermano mansion from 1753
- Kerihoué mansion from 1670
- 19th century manor house Bonne-Espérance
- Calvary near the old cemetery
- Fountain Saint-Drédeno in Le Couedic
- Reliquary well from the 18th century
- 17th century bread oven in Kerihoué
- 19th century barrier keeper's house in Saint-Dredeno
- Locks on the Nantes-Brest Canal in Saint-Dredeno
- 15th century windmill and watermill in Gouret
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 746-748.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of the CC du Pays de PontivyCC (French)
- ↑ 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-Gérand on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Sights ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from October 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)
