Saint-Gelven
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| local community | Bon Repos sur Blavet | |
| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Guingamp | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 23 ′ N , 3 ° 6 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 22570 | |
| Former INSEE code | 22290 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
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Saint-Gelven ( Breton Sant-Jelven ) is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune of Bon Repos sur Blavet with 326 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany . The inhabitants are called Saintgelvenois (es) .
geography
Saint-Gelven is located about 40 kilometers southwest of Saint-Brieuc on the southern border of the Côtes-d'Armor department.
history
The parish was established in 1850 from parts of the parish of Laniscat . On January 1, 2017, she merged with Lanicat and Perret to form the Commune nouvelle Bon Repos sur Blavet . It belonged to the arrondissement of Guingamp and the canton of Rostrenen . The community was also a member of the Kreiz-Breizh community association founded in 1993 .
Population development
| year | 1851 | 1856 | 1861 | 1911 | 1921 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 870 | 761 | 764 | 974 | 851 | 525 | 494 | 456 | 436 | 332 | 318 | 309 | 318 |
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 379-381.
