Saint-Mayeux
Saint-Mayeux
Sant-Vaeg | |
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The town hall of Saint-Mayeux | |
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Coordinates: 48°15′24″N 3°00′17″W / 48.2567°N 3.0047°WCoordinates: 48°15′24″N 3°00′17″W / 48.2567°N 3.0047°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
Canton | Mûr-de-Bretagne |
Intercommunality | Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Guy Quéré |
Area 1 | 30.63 km2 (11.83 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 470 |
• Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 22316 /22320 |
Elevation | 189–316 m (620–1,037 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Saint-Mayeux (Breton: Sant-Vaeg) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Demographics[]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 839 | — |
1968 | 874 | +4.2% |
1975 | 773 | −11.6% |
1982 | 664 | −14.1% |
1990 | 539 | −18.8% |
1999 | 484 | −10.2% |
2009 | 527 | +8.9% |
2014 | 505 | −4.2% |
Inhabitants of Saint-Mayeux are known in French as mayochins.
Sights[]
- The church bell, reconstructed in 1730, previously said to have been at the Abbey of Bon Repos.
- Saint-Maurice chapel, its altarpiece is listed as historically significant and it has a "miraculous" font.
- The Roch ar lien, steeped in history and legend.
- The menhirs, Mein al has (French: la Pierre du chat) and Roch ar len (French: le Rocher du sommet)
- The tomb of the Gauls (a gallery grave, or neolithic tomb)
Personalities[]
- Jules-Charles Le Bozec, sculptor
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Mayeux. |
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Categories:
- Communes of Côtes-d'Armor
- Côtes-d'Armor geography stubs