Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon
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| local community | Rives-du-Couesnon | |
| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Fougères-Vitré | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 17 ′ N , 1 ° 22 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 35140 | |
| Former INSEE code | 35282 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.saint-jean-sur-couesnon.fr/ | |
Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon is a village and a commune déléguée in the French commune of Rives-du-Couesnon with 1,180 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in Brittany in France . On the western side Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon is crossed by the Route nationale 84 , combined with the European route 3 . The settlement area is on average more than 60 meters above sea level. The name affix testifies to the Couesnon river , which forms the border with Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon in the north .
The municipality of Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon was merged on January 1, 2019 with Saint-Georges-de-Chesné , Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon and Vendel to form the Commune nouvelle Rives-du-Couesnon. It belonged there to the Département Ille-et-Vilaine , the Arrondissement Fougères-Vitré and the Canton Fougères-1 . The neighboring communities were Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon in the north, La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert (point of contact) and Vendel in the northeast, Saint-Georges-de-Chesné in the east, Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier in the south and Mézières-sur -Couesnon to the west.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Rives-du-Couesnon
- Château de la Dobiais, Monument historique
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
- War memorial
Château de la Dobiais
Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
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Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 895 | 826 | 745 | 729 | 729 | 863 | 1,042 | 1,122 |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 1427-1429.
