Saint-Jacut-du-Mené (; ) is a former
commune in the
Côtes-d'Armor
The Côtes-d'Armor ( , ; ; , ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord until 1990 (, ), is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.[département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...]
of
Brittany
Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...
in northwestern
France
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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune
Le Mené
Le Mené (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Côtes-d'Armor Departments of France, department of western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Collinée, Le Gouray, Langourla, P ...
.
Arrêté préfectoral
5 October 2015
Saint-Jacut-du-Mené is located in Central Brittany, equal distance from Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc (, Breton language, Breton: ''Sant-Brieg'' , Gallo language, Gallo: ''Saent-Berioec'') is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor Departments of France, department in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France.
History
...
, Rennes
Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...
and Dinan
Dinan (; ) is a walled Brittany, Breton town and a commune in France, commune in the Côtes-d'Armor Departments of France, department in northwestern France. On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Léhon was merged into Dinan.
Geography
Inst ...
. Its name comes from a 6th-century Saint
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called Jacut and the Breton
Breton most often refers to:
*anything associated with Brittany, and generally
**Breton people
**Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany
** Breton (horse), a breed
**Gale ...
word ''menez'' meaning "mount". The main employer is Kermené, subsidiary of E.Leclerc which specializes in meatworks.
Population
Inhabitants of Saint-Jacut-du-Mené are called ''Jagüins'' in French. In 2011, the town had 728 inhabitants.
See also
*Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
The following is a list of the 348 communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
External links
*
Former communes of Côtes-d'Armor
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