Saint-Thuriau
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Saint-Thuriau Sant-Turiav |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Pontivy | |
| Community association | Pontivy Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 1 ′ N , 2 ° 57 ′ W | |
| height | 48-129 m | |
| surface | 21.47 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,863 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 87 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56300 | |
| INSEE code | 56237 | |
| Website | http://www.saint-thuriau.fr | |
 The chapel of Le Gohazé |
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Saint-Thuriau ( Breton : Sant-Turiav ) is a French municipality with 1863 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-Thuriau is located in the north of the Morbihan department and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.
Neighboring communities are Noyal-Pontivy in the north-east and east, Évellys with Moustoir-Remungol in the south-east and south, Pluméliau-Bieuzy with Pluméliau in the south-west, Le Sourn in the west and Pontivy in the north-west.
The D700 / D768 (formerly Route nationale 168 ) runs through the municipality as the most important road connection. The D767 runs through the eastern part of the municipality from Guingamp to Vannes .
The most important bodies of water are the Blavet River and the Fontaine Nevé , Coëthuan and Kerihuel streams . These also partially form the municipal boundary.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 1.009 | 1.007 | 1,135 | 1,517 | 1,705 | 1,848 | 1,869 |
history
Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the Bro Pondi (French: Pays de Pontivy) area and shares its history. It was created in 1839 by splitting the former municipality of Noyal-Pontivy into five municipalities.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Thuriau
- Saint-Thuriau village church from the 17th century
- Chapel Le Gohazé , also Notre-Dame de la Joie from the 16th and 17th centuries
- Saint-Mathias chapel in the village of Saint-Mathias from the 19th century
- Kerfraval Calvary from the 18th century
- Post exchange station from 1657 to 1670
- 17th century house of Kerdonal
- traditional bread oven in Gohazé
- La Houssaye fountain from 1724
- Saint Mathias fountain
- Bread oven in Le Gohaze
- Le Roch mill from 1471
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 750-752.
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-Thuriau 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)
