Guégon

Guégon ( Breton: Gwegon, Gallo: Gégon ) is a commune with 2387 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Morbihan in the Brittany region. It belongs to the Local Government Association, Pays de Josselin.

Geography

Guégon is located in the northern half of the eastern part of the department of Morbihan and belongs to the Pays de Josselin.

Neighboring municipalities are Lanouée in the north, Josselin and Guillac in the Northeast, Saint-Servant in the east, and Cruguel Guéhenno in the south, and Buléon Lantillac in the west and Pleugriffet in the northwest.

The town is near by its proximity to Josselin roads for inter-regional traffic. The important for the community regional road links are between the D126 Plumelec and Josselin, the D122 of Cruguel to Saint - Gobrien and D4 of le Roc Saint -André to Josselin. About the Municipality N 24 runs with two ports near Le Borne and Guégon.

The most important waters are the River Oust, which is here channeled Canal de Nantes à Brest called and the streams Chênaie, Sedona, Ar, Vieux Moulin and Ville ogre. This partially form the boundary of the municipality. In addition, there are some small ponds in the municipality. Only a small part of the community area is covered by forests. The two larger forest areas are the Bois de Coët By and le Quéninquet.

Demographics

History

The municipality belongs to the historic region of Brittany Bro Gwened (French Vannetais ) and within this region to region Reter Bro Gwened (French Vannetais oriental ) and shares his story. From 1801 until its dissolution on 10 September 1926, she was part of the arrondissement Ploërmel. From 1793 to 1801 Guégon was the capital of a separate canton. Since then, the church is assigned to the Canton of Josselin.

Attractions

• Village church of Saint -Pierre et Saint -Paul from the 12th century with tags from the 13th and 16th centuries; restored in the 20th century
• Church Saint- Melec in Trégranteur from the 16th century
• Church of Notre -Dame in Coët Bugat from the 17th century
• Chapel of Notre -Dame- du- Borne in Le Borne
• Chapel Saint -Antoine in Trévenaleuc from the 18th century
• Crosses in front of the village church (15th century), of Camfroux and Forhan (both 16th century)
• Trégranteur Castle, built around 1750
• Mansions in Val -au- Houx (15th century), Coët -By (15th- 18th century), Ville- ès -Vents (18th century) and Cléhinet
• House Maison de La Chapelle -des- Brières from the year 1635
• Column of Justice in front of the church in Tréganteur
• Tympanum front of the church of Coët Bugat
• Ten old mills in Billaud, communities, Coët Digo Comesle, Morhan, Panros, Roxa and Trevelaneu

Church of Notre -Dame in Coët Bugat

Castle Tréganteur