Saint-Gilles-du-Mené
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| local community | Le Mené | |
| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Dinan | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 15 ′ N , 2 ° 33 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 22330 | |
| Former INSEE code | 22292 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
.jpg) Saint-Gilles Church |
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Saint-Gilles-du-Mené ( Gallo : Saent-Jill , Breton Sant-Jili-ar-Menez ) is a village and a commune déléguée in the French commune of Le Mené with 450 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes- d'Armor in the region Bretagne . The inhabitants are called Saint Gillois / Saint Gilloises .
geography
Saint-Gilles-du-Mené is located about 34 kilometers southeast of Saint-Brieuc and about 59 kilometers southwest of Saint-Malo in the eastern half of the Côtes-d'Armor department.
history
The place is first mentioned by name around 1163 in the form of S. Egidii de Tremeldero . On January 9, 1828, numerous hamlets moved from the municipalities of Plessala and Saint-Gouéno to the municipality of Saint-Gilles-du-Mené. On July 28, 1944, soldiers of the German Wehrmacht and members of the Gestapo arrested 7 young members of the resistance in La Seilla. They were tortured and executed. The Germans wanted to destroy the entire place as a revenge, but were visited by a community employee who was able to talk the Germans out of this plan. The municipality belonged to the Broons district from 1793 to 1801 and was part of the canton of Langourla. From 1801 to 1926 it was part of the Loudéac arrondissement and has since been part of the Dinan arrondissement. And from 1801 to 2015 it was a municipality in the canton of Collinée .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the merger of all seven municipalities of the communauté de communes du Mené resulted in the new municipality Le Mené , to which Saint-Gilles-du-Mené belongs. The municipality of Saint-Gilles-du-Mené belonged to the Arrondissement of Dinan and the canton of Plénée-Jugon .
Population development
A first population decline between 1793 and 1800 was opposed by a growth phase from 1806 to 1821. The total number of inhabitants grew slightly. The sharp increase in the following ten years up to 1831 is due to the allocation of several hamlets from Plessala and Saint-Guéno to Saint-Gilles-du-Mené. The number of residents hardly changed between 1831 and 1851. After a slump in 1856, a growth phase followed from 1866 until the beginning of the First World War (1866–1911: +21.2%). After the war-related population decline between 1911 and 1921, a period of stability followed in the interwar period. Since the end of the Second World War there has been a strong rural exodus (1936–2012: −40.7%).
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2005 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 584 | 561 | 531 | 519 | 503 | 473 | 470 | 468 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE
Attractions
- Manoir Bosny (Bocenit / Bosseny) mansion (built 1717)
- Saint-Gilles village church (built 1862)
- Saint-Louis Chapel from 1894 in La Hutte-à-l'Anguille
- Kerfiac Cross (17th century)
- Country estate in Le Perray
- Saint-Gilles fountain (its water is said to help relieve anxiety and nervousness)
- old house Maison de la Touche (17th / 18th century)
- several mills
- Memorial to the Fallen
- Memorial stele for seven young resistance fighters who were executed by Germans in 1944
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 195-197.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description of the sights (French) ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2016 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.
- ↑ Memorial to the Fallen
