Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes
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Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes Sant-Meleg |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Saint Malo | |
| Canton | Saint-Malo-1 | |
| Community association | Pays de Saint-Malo | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 38 ′ N , 1 ° 54 ′ W | |
| height | 2-58 m | |
| surface | 29.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,086 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 139 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35350 | |
| INSEE code | 35299 | |
| Website | ville-saint-meloir-des-ondes.fr | |
 Mairie Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes |
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Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes ( Breton Saint-Meleg ) is a French municipality with 4086 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany .
geography
The municipality is located on the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel , which borders the municipality to the east. Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes is located southeast of Saint-Malo . The neighboring municipalities are Saint-Coulomb and Cancale in the north, Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes in the southeast, La Gouesnière and Saint-Père-Marc-en-Poulet in the south, Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets in the south-west and Saint-Malo in the West.
The hamlets of La Beuglais , La Ville Bague and Le Grand Porcon belong to the municipality .
The station "Saint-Méloir - La Gouesnière - Cancale" on the Rennes – Saint-Malo railway line is located in La Gouesnière.
history
Tools discovered by chance suggest that the area had been inhabited by humans since prehistoric times. At the time of the Roman occupation, two important Roman roads crossed here. Excavations suggest the existence of a vicus . The name Saint-Méloir was first mentioned in 1032. Alain III. confirmed in a document at the time that his deceased parents had donated a church called Saint-Méloir in the town . It can therefore be assumed that the church was built around the year 1000. It bears the name of Mélar, a Breton saint who lived in the 6th century. Numerous dams were built in the Middle Ages, making it possible to expand agriculture. Wine was widely grown, and tobacco was also grown well into the 20th century. At that time, the municipality covered a large part of what is now the municipality of Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes. In November 1515, a baptismal register was held for the first time in Saint-Méloir. When the place became the scene of the Huguenot Wars towards the end of the 16th century , the local castle was destroyed. The geographical proximity to Saint-Malo enabled the residents of Saint-Méloir to take part in the pirates' raids. On the other hand, numerous residents of the city bought country houses in Saint-Méloir. In 1789, in the course of the French Revolution , Cahiers de Doléances were also written in Saint-Méloir . The church had to close because of the revolution. In 1793, as a result of the Revolution, the municipality was named Méloir Richeux . The old church was demolished in the 19th century and the new one was consecrated in 1860.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2014 |
| Residents | 2,413 | 2,486 | 2,320 | 2,322 | 2,588 | 2,995 | 3,480 | 3,933 |
Attractions
In the center of the village is the current church from 1860. There were also three chapels in the past. There are numerous country houses, so-called manoirs, around the town center . There are three castles near the coast. The construction of the Château du Vaulérault was commissioned by Louis XIV . A little further south is the Château de Beauregard . In the far south is the ruined Château Richeux .
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 282-287.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Patrimoine
- ↑ Histoire