Saint-Coulomb

Saint-Coulomb

Sant-Kouloum
Saint-Coulomb Sant-Kouloum
Commune
	The town hall of Saint-Coulomb
	Coat of arms
	Location of Saint-Coulomb
	Saint-Coulomb Saint-Coulomb
	Coordinates: 48°40′33″N 1°54′37″W / 48.6758°N 1.9103°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Saint-Malo
Canton	Saint-Malo-1
Intercommunality	CA Pays de Saint-Malo
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Loïc Levillain
Area 1	18.04 km2 (6.97 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,920
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35263 /35350
Elevation	0–52 m (0–171 ft) ; (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Coulomb (Template:Lang-br) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants are called colombanais in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,390	—
1968	1,542	+10.9%
1975	1,611	+4.5%
1982	1,746	+8.4%
1990	1,938	+11.0%
1999	2,168	+11.9%
2009	2,454	+13.2%

History

Its name comes from Saint Colomban, who came in the years 580 - 590. Accompanied by several monks, he crossed the English Channel and arrived either on the Du Guesclin beach, either a few hundreds meters further in the west.

Beaches

This commune has several beaches, very frequented by tourists in summer.

Customs path
Chevrets beach
Saint-Coulomb church

Malouinières

The Malouinières are historic buildings built between 1650 and 1730 within 12 km (7.5 mi) of Saint Malo, by its shipbuilders who wanted to escape the congested city, while staying close enough to the centre (within two hours on horseback) to take care of their ships and their cargos.

Neighboring communes

Saint-Malo, to the west
Cancale, to the east
Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes, to the south
North is the sea

References in popular culture

Saint-Coulomb is the location for Claude Chabrol's 1995 thriller La Cérémonie^[2]

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ La Cérémonie (1995) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-07-02

External links

Cultural Heritage (in French)
Pictures and history of Saint-Coulomb

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[popleg2021-1] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[2] La Cérémonie (1995) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-07-02

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