Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys

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Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
Lokentaz
Commune
Saint Gildas church
Saint Gildas church
Coat of arms of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys is located in France
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
Coordinates: 47°30′03″N 2°50′12″W / 47.5008°N 2.8367°W / 47.5008; -2.8367Coordinates: 47°30′03″N 2°50′12″W / 47.5008°N 2.8367°W / 47.5008; -2.8367
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentMorbihan
ArrondissementVannes
CantonSéné
IntercommunalityGolfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Layec[1]
Area
1
15.28 km2 (5.90 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
1,517
 • Density99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
56214 /56730
Elevation0–42 m (0–138 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys (Breton: Lokentaz) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Its French name refers to Saint Gildas, who founded the on the Rhuys Peninsula in the 6th century. From 920 to 1008, the Norman raids forced the monks to bring the relics of the saint to the abbey of Saint-Gildas of Châteauroux that they founded under the protection of the prince Ebbes of Déols.

Demographics[]

Inhabitants of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys are called in French Gildasiens.

Burials[]

  • Saint Gildas (d.570)
  • Saint Felix of Rhuys (d.1038)
  • (also called Saint Gulstan, d.1040)
  • Alienor de Bretagne, daughter of John I, Duke of Brittany (d.1249)
  • Jeanne de Bretagne, daughter of John IV, Duke of Brittany (d.1388)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

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