Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon

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Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon
Sant-Yann-ar-C'houenon
The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon
The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon
Location of Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon
Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon is located in France
Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon
Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon
Coordinates: 48°17′29″N 1°21′57″W / 48.2914°N 1.3658°W / 48.2914; -1.3658Coordinates: 48°17′29″N 1°21′57″W / 48.2914°N 1.3658°W / 48.2914; -1.3658
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentIlle-et-Vilaine
ArrondissementFougères-Vitré
CantonFougères-1
CommuneRives-du-Couesnon
Area
1
18.32 km2 (7.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
1,180
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
35140
Elevation47–122 m (154–400 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon (Breton: Sant-Yann-ar-C'houenon) is a former commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rives-du-Couesnon.[2]

Geography[]

Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon is located 33 km (21 mi) northeast of Rennes and 45 km (28 mi) south of Mont Saint-Michel.

The neighboring communes are Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon, La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert, Vendel, Saint-Georges-de-Chesné, Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, and Mézières-sur-Couesnon.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962895—    
1968826−7.7%
1975745−9.8%
1982729−2.1%
1990729+0.0%
1999863+18.4%
20091,055+22.2%

See also[]

  • Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

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