Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust

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Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust
Saent-Veinczant-sur-Out
Coat of arms of Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust
Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust (France)
Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Vannes
Canton until 2015 Allaire
from 2015 Guer
Community association Redon agglomeration
Coordinates 47 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 9 ′  W
height 1-60 m
surface 15.66 km 2
Residents 1,512 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 97 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56350
INSEE code
Website http://saint-vincent-sur-oust.fr/

The island of Ile aux pies in the Oust river

Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust ( Gallo Saent-Veinczant-sur-out , Breton Sant-Visant-to-Oud ) is a French municipality with 1,512 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .

geography

Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust is located around eight kilometers northwest of Redon in the southeast of the Morbihan department and belongs to the Redon Agglomération community .

Neighboring municipalities are Glénac in the north, Bains-sur-Oust in the east, Saint-Perreux in the southeast, Saint-Jacut-les-Pins in the southwest and Peillac in the west.

The place is close to roads for national traffic.

The most important bodies of water are the Oust and Arz rivers and the Nantes-Brest Canal . The municipal boundary partially runs along these watercourses.

Population development

1793 1911 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
990 1045 905 972 994 1030 1063 1112 1096 1255 1423
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also List of Monuments Historiques in Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust

  • Saint Vincent village church (neo-Gothic), built from 1899 to 1904
  • 17th century castle of Launay (rebuilt 1865)
  • Boro Castle from the 18th century
  • Manor houses of Bilair and Painfaut
  • old houses from the 16th and 17th centuries in La Fontaine , La Pételaudière , Le Paty and in the village center
  • La Maclais lock
  • two megaliths
  • several calvaries, wayside crosses and an old bread oven in Le Mesnyl

dialect

Saint-Vincent-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. 56-59.

Individual evidence

  1. Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from June 19, 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) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fr.topic-topos.com

Web links

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