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Roudouallec
Roudouallec (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Roudouallec are called in French ''Roudouallecois''. Geography Roudouallec is located northeast of Quimper and northwest of Vannes. The village lies on the southern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black mountains). centre, General view. Neighboring communes Roudouallec is border by Gourin to the east, by Guiscriff and Scaër to the south, by Leuhan and Saint-Goazec to the west and by Spézet to the north. Map Population Roudouallec's population peaked at 1,656 in 1911 and declined to 705 in 2019. This represents a 57.4% decrease in total population since the peak census figure. History Nicolas Le Grand, tailor born in Roudouallec in 1852 emigrated in 1881 to the United States. He was followed by other inhabitants. centre, Roudouallec at the beginning of the twentieth century. See also *Communes of the Morbihan department *Entry on sculptor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roudouallec Vue Générale
Roudouallec (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Roudouallec are called in French ''Roudouallecois''. Geography Roudouallec is located northeast of Quimper and northwest of Vannes. The village lies on the southern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black mountains). centre, General view. Neighboring communes Roudouallec is border by Gourin to the east, by Guiscriff and Scaër to the south, by Leuhan and Saint-Goazec to the west and by Spézet to the north. Map Population Roudouallec's population peaked at 1,656 in 1911 and declined to 705 in 2019. This represents a 57.4% decrease in total population since the peak census figure. History Nicolas Le Grand, tailor born in Roudouallec in 1852 emigrated in 1881 to the United States. He was followed by other inhabitants. centre, Roudouallec at the beginning of the twentieth century. See also *Communes of the Morbihan department *Entry on sculptor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roudouallec Bretagne Touristique
Roudouallec (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Roudouallec are called in French ''Roudouallecois''. Geography Roudouallec is located northeast of Quimper and northwest of Vannes. The village lies on the southern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black mountains). centre, General view. Neighboring communes Roudouallec is border by Gourin to the east, by Guiscriff and Scaër to the south, by Leuhan and Saint-Goazec to the west and by Spézet to the north. Map Population Roudouallec's population peaked at 1,656 in 1911 and declined to 705 in 2019. This represents a 57.4% decrease in total population since the peak census figure. History Nicolas Le Grand, tailor born in Roudouallec in 1852 emigrated in 1881 to the United States. He was followed by other inhabitants. centre, Roudouallec at the beginning of the twentieth century. See also *Communes of the Morbihan department *Entry on sculptor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Joncourt
Jean Joncourt was a French sculptor born in Irvillac in 1869 and who died in 1937. He is well known for his work on war memorials. Biography Jean Joncourt was born in Irvillac on 31 December 1869. There is no record of his having received any academic training in sculpture and at the age of 20 he was registered as a mason. He was called up for military service and served in the 1st Regiment of Engineers from November 1890 to September 1891. In 1896 he moved to Quimperlé and married Marie Marguerite Derrien, who had been born in Clohars-Carnoët in 1872. The census of 1911 recorded Joncourt as working as a sculptor, with a daughter born in 1897, a son in 1903 and a second daughter in 1904. In 1914 he received mobilization papers and is recorded as having served in April 1915 in the 1st Battalion Territorial Engineers and then the 65th Infantry moving on to the 23rd "Escadron du Train". In October 1917, Joncourt appears in official records as running a funeral parlour in Quimperlé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Morbihan Department
The following is a list of the 249 communes of the Morbihan department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 15 March 2022. *CA *CA * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spézet
Spézet (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography Spézet is a rural municipality in east central Finistère, historically belonging to Cornouaille. It is bounded on the west and north by the river the Aulne and Hyères describing large meanders (Nantes-Brest Canal-channel) while at the southeast end of its territory lies Roc'h Toullaëron, which from its height of 318 m is the culmination of the Black Mountains. The village occupies a small hill whose altitude is around 100 meters northwest of the town. Spézet is border by Saint-Hernin to the east, by Gourin to the southeast, by Roudouallec to the south, by Saint-Goazec to the southwest, by Châteauneuf-du-Faou to the west and by Plonévez-du-Faou, Landeleau and Cleden-Poher to the north. Map Climate Spézet has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Spézet is . The average annual rainfall is with December as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scaër
Scaër (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Scaër are called in French ''Scaërois''. Scaër's population peaked at 7,838 in 1946 and declined to 5,295 in 2019. This represents a 32.4% decrease in total population since the peak census figure. Geography Scaër, encompassing 11,758 hectares, is the most spread-out city in Finistère and the third in Brittany. Scaër is located east of Quimper and northwest of Lorient. Historically, Scaër belongs to Cornouaille. Neighbouring communes Scaër is border by Guiscriff to the east, by Leuhan and Roudouallec to the north, by Tourc'h to the west and by Rosporden and Bannalec to the south. Breton language The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 20 March 2007. In 2008, 11.62% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue''/ref> See also *The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guiscriff
Guiscriff (; br, Gwiskri) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. INSEE Population Inhabitants of Guiscriff are called ''Guiscrivites''. Guiscriff's population peaked at 5,896 in 1921 and declined to 2,083 in 2019. This represents a 64.7% decrease in total population since the peak census figure.Geography Historically, the village belongs to . The village centre is located north of and east of |
Saint-Goazec
Saint-Goazec (; br, Sant-Wazeg) in commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Saint-Goazec are called in French ''Saint-Goaziens''. The commune's population peaks in 1906. Geography Saint-Goazec lies on the northern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black Mountains). The canal de Nantes à Brest, which is the canalized river Aulne, forms the commune's northern border. Map See also *Communes of the Finistère department *Listing of the works of the atelier of the Maître de Tronoën Listing may refer to: * Enumeration of a set of items in the form of a list * Johann Benedict Listing (1808–1882), German mathematician. * Listing (computer), a computer code listing. * Listing (finance), the placing of a company's shares on the l ... References External links Official website *Mayors of Finistère Association Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leuhan
Leuhan (; br, Leuc'han) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Leuhan are called in French ''Leuhannais''. Map See also *Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistère department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Official website * Mayors of Finistère Association Communes of Finistère {{Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morbihan
Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastline. It had a population of 759,684 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 56 Morbihan INSEE It is noted for its Carnac stones, which predate and are more extensive than the monument in , England. Three major military educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vannes
Vannes (; br, Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic Era The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who lived in the south-western part of Armorica in Gaul before the Roman invasions. The region seems to have been involved in a cross channel trade for thousands of years, probably using hide boats and perhaps Ferriby Boats. Wheat that apparently was grown in the Middle East was part of this trade. At about 150 BC the evidence of trade (such as Gallo-Belgic coins) with the Thames estuary area of Great Britain dramatically increased. Roman Era The Veneti were defeated by Julius Caesar's fleet in 56 BC in front of Locmariaquer; many of the Veneti were then either slaughtered or sold into slavery. The Romans settled a town called Darioritum in a location previously belonging to the Veneti. The Britons arrive From the 5th to the 7th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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