Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault
Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault Sant-Jord-Restembaod |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
Arrondissement | Fougères-Vitré | |
Canton | Fougères-2 | |
Community association | Fougères agglomeration | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 31 ′ N , 1 ° 15 ′ W | |
height | 94-180 m | |
surface | 31.02 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,498 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 48 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 35420 | |
INSEE code | 35271 | |
Website | http://saint-georges-de-reintembault.fr/ | |
Town hall of Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault |
Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault ( Breton : Sant-Jord-Restembaod ) is a French municipality with 1498 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement Fougères-Vitré and is part of the canton Fougères-2 (until 2015: canton Louvigné-du-Désert ).
geography
Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault is located about 17 kilometers north of Fougères . The Beuvron river limits the municipality in the southwest. Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Aubin-de-Terregatte in the north and north-west, Hamelin in the north, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët with Saint-Martin-de-Landelles in the north-east, Monthault in the east, Mellé in the east and south-east, Villamée in the south, Poilley in the south and south-west, Le Ferré in the west and south-west and Montjoie-Saint-Martin in the west and north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 2,195 | 2,049 | 1,818 | 1,795 | 1,747 | 1,682 | 1,635 | 1,608 |
Source: INSEE
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Attractions
- 19th century Saint-Georges church
- La Morinais mansion from the 17th century
- Chapel Le Bienheureux from the 17th century
Personalities
- Julien Maunoir (1606–1683), Jesuit, blessed of the Catholic Church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 853-858.