Saint-Gonnery
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Saint-Gonnery Sant-Goneri |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Pontivy | |
| Community association | Pontivy Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 7 ′ N , 2 ° 49 ′ W | |
| height | 70-166 m | |
| surface | 16.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,090 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 67 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56920 | |
| INSEE code | 56215 | |
| Website | http://stgonnery.fr/ | |
Saint-Gonnery ( Breton : Sant-Goneri ; Gallo: Saent-Goneri ) is a French municipality with 1090 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-Gonnery is located in the north of the Morbihan department on the border with the Côtes-d'Armor department and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.
Neighboring communities are Hémonstoir in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the north, Saint-Maudan and Loudéac in the east, Gueltas in the south, Saint-Gérand in the west and Croixanvec in the north-west.
The most important road connection is the D700 / D768 (formerly Route nationale 168 ), which runs right through the municipality.
The most important bodies of water are the Canal de Nantes à Brest , the River Oust , the Rigole d'Hilvern supply canal for the Nantes-Brest Canal and the Le Clio stream . For several kilometers, these waters also form the municipal and departmental boundaries.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 776 | 771 | 791 | 865 | 865 | 943 | 1,018 |
history
The municipality historically belongs to the Breton region of Bro-Gwened (French Pays Vannetais) and within this region to the Bro Loudieg area (French Pays de Loudéac) and shares its history. From 1793 until its dissolution in 1801, Saint-Gonnery belonged to the canton of Noyal.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Gonnery
- Saint-Gonnery village church from the 17th century
- Carcado Castle (Kercado) from 1753
- Calvary in the cemetery
- 17th century house in Ville-Perrot
- Lourdes grotto from 1930
- Watermill in Lanrélan
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 748-750.
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-Gonnery on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2008 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)
