Saint-Mayeux

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Coordinates: 48°15′24″N 3°00′17″W / 48.25667, -3.00472

Commune of Saint-Mayeux

Sant-Vaeg
Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Coordinates 48°15′24″N 3°00′17″W / 48.25667, -3.00472
Administration
Country France
Region Bretagne
Department Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Saint-Brieuc
Canton Corlay
Intercommunality C.C. du Pays de Corlay
Mayor Guy Quéré
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 189 m–316 m[1]
Land area¹ 30.63 km²
Population²
(1999)
484
 - Density 16/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 22316/ 22320
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Saint-Mayeux (Breton: Sant-Vaeg) is a French commune located in the Côtes-d'Armor département, in the Bretagne région.

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[edit] Demographics

Change in Population
(Source : INSEE[2])
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
839 874 773 664 539 484
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting — residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.


Inhabitants of Saint-Mayeux are known in French as Mayochins.

[edit] Sites and monuments

  • 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)

[edit] Notable citizens

Jules-Charles Le Bozec (1898 - 1973), sculptor.

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