Saint-Pôtan

Saint-Pôtan
Sant-Postan

Manor House in Saint Pôtan, Brittany

Manor house

Coat of arms

Saint-Pôtan

Location within Brittany region

Saint-Pôtan

Coordinates: 48°33′30″N 2°17′24″W / 48.5583°N 2.29°WCoordinates: 48°33′30″N 2°17′24″W / 48.5583°N 2.29°W

Country

Matignon

Pays de Matignon

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Arnaud Le Cuyer

Area¹

19.89 km² (7.68 sq mi)

Population (2008)²

772

• Density

39/km² (100/sq mi)

INSEE/Postal code

22323 / 22550

Elevation

12–77 m (39–253 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-Pôtan (Breton: Sant-Postan) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

It takes it name from Saint Pôtan after whom the church is named. It has grown steadily since 2011 owing to new housing estates and contains a small variety of shops. It is surrounded by more than a dozen stone crosses.

Manor house in Saint-Pôtan

In the village of Saint-Pôtan is a manor house now called «Le Vaumeloisel», which used to be a chateau before being destroyed in the French Revolution. This chateau once welcomed the Duchess Anne of Brittany, who married two French kings, and is now a family house. The family who once lived in this house were the Guyon family, who are French aristocrats who own many manor houses in the department of Côtes-d'Armor. One of these includes the well known Fort-la-Latte chateau, where the movie The Vikings was filmed.

The village of Saint-Pôtan has a restaurant called L'auberge du Manoir, which has beautiful French cuisine, including meats, fish, etc. Much local employment comes from agriculture and tourism bur It is also the home of Sodimac,^[1] the major employer of the commune, a manufacturer of agricultural machinery and the steel superstructure for buildings.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	899	—
1968	926	+3.0%
1975	885	−4.4%
1982	860	−2.8%
1990	798	−7.2%
1999	735	−7.9%
2011	769	+4.6%

Population declines in the 20th-century but since 2011, with the development of new housing, the village has begun to grow steadily with improved communal facilities.

Geography

The village of Saint-Pôtan is situated very close to the town of Matignon, and is only about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the coast. Saint-Pôtan is also close to main transport links including Saint-Malo ferry port which has routes to England and the channel Islands, operated by Brittany Ferries and Condor Ferries. It is close to the towns of Lamballe, Dinan, Saint-Brieuc, Rennes, Saint-Malo, etc. There are train stations in Lamballe, Saint-Malo and Saint-Brieuc which have links to Brest and Gare Montparnasse (Paris). Saint-Pôtan is also ideally sitatuated for air travel as Dinard – Pleurtuit – Saint-Malo Airport is only about 15 km away with links to England and the Channel Islands. Further away are Brest and Rennes airports, which both have links to Europe.