commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
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 coastli ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
in north-western
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
From the breton ''kroaz'' which means cross and ''ty'' which means house. Le Croisty can be translated as the house of the cross. In the past, the village belonged to the
Knights Hospitaller
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic Church, Catholic Military ord ...
.
Geography
Le Croisty is located east of
Pontivy
Pontivy (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest. Inhabitants of Pontivy are called ''Pontivyens'' in French.
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, north of
Lorient
Lorient (; ) is a town (''Communes of France, commune'') and Port, seaport in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in western France.
History
Prehistory and classical antiquity
Beginn ...
and northwest of
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 ...
. Historically, the village belongs to
Vannetais
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 live ...
and Pays Pourlet. Le Croisty is border by
Priziac
Priziac (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Priziac are called in French ''Priziacois''. The commune's population has been divided by three within a century because of rur ...
to the west, by
Saint-Tugdual
Saint-Tugdual (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Saint-Tugdual are called in French ''Tugdualais''.
Geography
Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet.
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to the north, by
Ploërdut
Ploërdut (; br, Pleurdud) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.Saint-Caradec-Trégomel to the south. Apart from the village centre, there are about fifty hamlets. Most of the hamlets consist of two or three houses but others are larger like the village of Cornhospital.
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History
Le Croisty was created as a new commune in 1903. Before that, it came within the administrative area of the village of
Saint-Tugdual
Saint-Tugdual (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Saint-Tugdual are called in French ''Tugdualais''.
Geography
Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet.
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