Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon

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Commune of Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux
Location
Longitude	01°21'57" W
Latitude	48°17'29" N
Administration
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères
Canton	Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du pays de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
Mayor	Pierre Prodhomme (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	47 m–122 m (avg. 64 m)
Land area¹	18.32 km²
Population² (1999)	863
- Density (1999)	47/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	35282/ 35140
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon (Breton: Sant-Yann-ar-C'houenon) is a commune of the Ille-et-Vilaine département, in Brittany, France.

[edit] Geography

Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon is located at 33 km in the North-East of Rennes and at 45 km in the south of the Mont Saint-Michel.

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

[edit] Administration

Town hall

Address: 4, Route Nationale - 35140 Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon

[edit] External links

• Geography of Brittany
• The page of the commune on infobretagne.com
• The data base Mérimée - the French architectural heritage