Trédion

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Trédion
Trédion coat of arms
Trédion (France)
Trédion
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Vannes
Canton Questembert
Community association Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Coordinates 47 ° 48 ′  N , 2 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′  N , 2 ° 36 ′  W
height 24-121 m
surface 25.76 km 2
Residents 1,273 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 49 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56250
INSEE code 56254
Website http://www.tredion.fr/

Chateau de Trédion

Trédion ( Breton Tredion ) is a commune in the Landes de Lanvaux in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany . The place is located in the valley of the river Claie and has 1273 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The main attraction is the restored Château de Trédion, now a hotel.

There are a relatively large number of large stone graves from the Neolithic on the 25.76 km² municipal area .

population

Number of inhabitants
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2007
Residents 788 806 905 850 875 888 1.008 1,027

Megaliths in the woods around Trédion

Dolmen Loge-au-Loup
Lanvaux forest
  • Le Babouin et la Babouine are two unusually shaped and worked menhirs in the forest southeast of the village.
  • To the north of the village is the 4.5 m high menhir La Grande-Villeneuve .
Kerfily Forest
  • Menhir du bois de Kerfily just outside the approximately 3.0 m high menhir of Grand Breuil or Menhir du Palais.
  • Bois de Kerfily is also called a " dolmen à couloir" ( gallery grave ).
  • The Loge-au-Loup (the wolf's den) is the largest local " Allée couverte ". It is located in the extreme south of the municipality and is one of the architecturally unusually designed megalithic complexes in the region. It is an allée couverte (avenue with a covered corridor) of the type “arcboutée” or “à dalles inclinées” (as can also be found at Castel-Ruffel ).
  • The Dolmen Prés du parc (west) is a less well-preserved monument.
Forest of Coëby
  • There are also menhirs here, and the Coëby dolmens, an “Allée couverte” and a “Dolmen angevin” and the somewhat disturbed dolmen “La pierre tabulaire de la Bataille”

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 223-225.

Web links

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