Sainte-Brigitte
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Gourin | |
| Community association | Pontivy Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 10 ′ N , 3 ° 8 ′ W | |
| height | 120-286 m | |
| surface | 17.74 km 2 | |
| Residents | 177 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56480 | |
| INSEE code | 56209 | |
| Website | http://sainte-brigitte.fr/ | |
Sainte-Brigitte ( Breton : Berc'hed ) is a French municipality with 177 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Pontivy Communauté .
geography
Sainte-Brigitte is located in the very north of the Morbihan department on the border with the Côtes-d'Armor department and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.
Neighboring municipalities are the municipalities in the Côtes-d'Armor department
- Bon Repos sur Blavet with Perret in the north-west and Saint-Gelven in the north,
- Saint-Aignan in the east,
- Silfiac in the south and southwest.
The place is a bit away from roads for national traffic. The most important road connection is the N164, which passes a few kilometers away in the north.
The most important body of water is the Lac de Guerlédan reservoir in the north of the municipality. There are also numerous ponds in the municipality. The largest of these are Étang des Salles and Étang du Fourneau . Other important bodies of water are the Blavet River and the Les Forges and Pont Thomas streams . At the same time, these partially form the municipal and departmental borders. A not insignificant part of the municipal area is covered by the Forêt de Quénécan forest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 320 | 237 | 195 | 186 | 141 | 166 | 162 |
history
Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the Kost ar C'hoad (French: likewise) area and shares its history. Sainte-Brigitte has belonged to the Cléguérec canton since 1793.
Attractions
- Sainte-Brigitte village church from the 15th and 19th centuries
- Saint-Joseph Chapel in Gouvello from 1958
- Forges des Salles industrial monument :
- Manor house Le Maître des Forges (also Château des Forges ) from the 18th century
- Blast furnace from 1816
- Workers' quarters from the 19th century
- 19th century chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 193-195.
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.
- ↑ Sainte-Brigitte on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2014 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)
