Saint-Gonlay

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Saint-Gonlay
Sant-Gonlei
Saint-Gonlay (France)
Saint-Gonlay
region Brittany
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Rennes
Canton Montfort-sur-Meu
Community association Montfort Community
Coordinates 48 ° 7 ′  N , 2 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 7 ′  N , 2 ° 4 ′  W
height 38-95 m
surface 9.26 km 2
Residents 354 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 38 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 35750
INSEE code
Website http://www.inet-bretagne.fr/com/stgonlay

Saint-Gonlay ( Breton : Sant-Gonlei ) is a French municipality with 354 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Rennes and the canton of Montfort-sur-Meu . The inhabitants are called Gonlaisiens .

geography

Saint-Gonlay is about 29 kilometers west of Rennes . The Meu , which forms the northern boundary of the municipality, and its tributary Comper flow through the municipality . Saint-Gonlay is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Maugan in the north and northwest, Iffendic in the east, Saint-Malon-sur-Mel in the south and southwest and Bléruais in the south.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
376 329 304 296 280 274 325 348
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Guillaume church from the 16th / 17th centuries Century ( Monument historique )
  • Old school, today's museum of local history
  • La Châsse Castle, destroyed during the Huguenot Wars in 1595, rebuilt in the 17th century
  • 18th century mansion of Le Vilou
  • Changée Manor
  • Bridge Jean over the Meu and Bridge Hervil over the Comper

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 994-995.

Web links

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