Saint-Christophe-de-Valains
Appearance
Saint-Christophe-de-Valains
Sant-Kristol-Gwalen | |
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Coordinates: 48°20′37″N 1°26′46″W / 48.3436°N 1.4461°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
Arrondissement | Fougères-Vitré |
Canton | Fougères-1 |
Intercommunality | Pays de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Yves Gérard |
Area 1 | 3.27 km2 (1.26 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | 234 |
• Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
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. |
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
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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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 37 km (23 mi) to the northeast of Rennes and 35 km (22 mi) to the south of the Mont Saint-Michel.
The neighboring communes are Chauvigné, Le Tiercent, Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux, and Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon.
Sights
- Parish Church of the 15th century.
- Castle of La Bélinaye 17th century.
- Liberty Oak in La Basse-Haye.
- Valley of "La Minette".
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Town hall of Saint-Christophe-de-Valains.
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Church of Saint-Christophe-de-Valains
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Castle of La Bélinaye 17th century.
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The war memorial.
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The Liberty Oak.
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Saint-Christophe-de-Valains
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Memorial stone.
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Flood of January 4, 1936.
Events
Ball every 14 July under the Liberty Oak.
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Christophe-de-Valains.
- Official website : Saint-Christophe-de-Valains (in French)
- fr:Saint-Christophe-de-Valains
- Geography of Brittany
- A history of local French Resistance during the World War II.
- The page of the commune on infobretagne.com
- The data base Mérimée - the French architectural heritage