Saint-Christophe-de-Valains

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Saint-Christophe-de-Valains
Sant-Kristol-Gwalen
Saint-Christophe-de-Valains
Coordinates: 48°20′37″N 1°26′46″W / 48.3436°N 1.4461°W / 48.3436; -1.4461Coordinates: 48°20′37″N 1°26′46″W / 48.3436°N 1.4461°W / 48.3436; -1.4461
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Fougères-Vitré
Canton Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
Intercommunality Pays de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Yves Gérard
Area
 • Land1 3.27 km2 (1.26 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Population2 211
 • Population2 Density 65/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 35261 / 35140
Elevation 35–104 m (115–341 ft)
(avg. 75 m or 246 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Christophe-de-Valains (Breton: Sant-Kristol-Gwalen) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Saint-Christophe-de-Valains comes from Saint Christopher, patron saint of travelers and Valains, fief of Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1793 235—    
1800 295+25.5%
1806 260−11.9%
1821 257−1.2%
1831 286+11.3%
1836 308+7.7%
1841 290−5.8%
1846 296+2.1%
1851 323+9.1%
1856 310−4.0%
1861 300−3.2%
1866 341+13.7%
1872 324−5.0%
1876 324+0.0%
1881 321−0.9%
1886 300−6.5%
1891 324+8.0%
1896 291−10.2%
1901 274−5.8%
1906 291+6.2%
1911 223−23.4%
1921 193−13.5%
1926 241+24.9%
1931 222−7.9%
1936 232+4.5%
1946 194−16.4%
1954 185−4.6%
1962 164−11.4%
1968 151−7.9%
1975 129−14.6%
1982 107−17.1%
1990 106−0.9%
1999 138+30.2%
2009 211+52.9%

Geography

Saint-Christophe-de-Valains is located at 37 km (23 mi) in the North-East of Rennes and at 35 km (22 mi) in the south of the Mont Saint-Michel.

The neighboring communes are Chauvigné, Le Tiercent, Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux, and Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon.

Sights

  • Town hall of Saint-Christophe-de-Valains.

  • Church of Saint-Christophe-de-Valains

  • Castle of La Bélinaye 17th century.

  • The war memorial.

  • The Liberty Oak.

  • Saint-Christophe-de-Valains

  • Memorial stone.

  • Flood of January 4, 1936.

Events

Ball every 14 July under the Liberty Oak.

See also

References

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