Saint-Martin-sur-Oust
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Saint-Martin-sur-Oust, Saent-Martein-sur-Out |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Vannes | |
| Canton | Guer | |
| Community association | De l'Oust à Brocéliande Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 45 ′ N , 2 ° 15 ′ W | |
| height | 2–103 m | |
| surface | 28.24 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,305 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 46 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56200 | |
| INSEE code | 56229 | |
| Website | http://www.st-martin-sur-oust.fr/ | |
 The Château de Castellan |
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Saint-Martin-sur-Oust ( Gallo Saent-Martein-sur-out , Breton Sant-Varzhin-to-Oud ) is a French municipality with 1,305 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .
geography
Saint-Martin-sur-Oust is located around seventeen kilometers northwest of Redon in the east of the Morbihan department and belongs to the Communauté de communes du Pays de la Gacilly .
Neighboring communities are Saint-Laurent-sur-Oust in the north-west, Ruffiac in the north, Saint-Nicolas-du-Tertre in the north-east, Les Fougerêts in the east, Peillac in the south-east, Saint-Gravé in the south and Saint-Congard in the west.
Population development
| 1793 | 1911 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | |
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| 1412 | 1800 | 1633 | 1312 | 1255 | 1262 | 1344 | 1323 | 1281 | 1268 | 1310 | |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Martin-sur-Oust
- Castellan Castle from 1589
- Saint-Martin village church from the 15th century (rebuilt in 1853), with an old tomb in the church square
- Saint-Mathurin chapel from the 15th century
- Saint-Léonard chapel from 1651 with a 16th century cross
- Rectory, with enclosed spring and public wash house in the garden (18th century)
- Old houses on avenue de la Liberation, in Boisneuf (1654), in Lauzanne and Verêt (1748)
- Boisneuf oven (1873)
- Old flour mills in La Née and Le Vau-Laurent
- Windmills in Houssa, Luardais and Tréla, watermills in Grousel and Rieux
dialect
Saint-Martin-sur-Oust belongs to the area of Brittany where Gallo was spoken.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 290-293.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of the CC du Pays de Gacilly (French)
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2015 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. (French)
