Guiscriff

Guiscriff ( Breton: Gwiskri ) is a commune with some 2,350 inhabitants ( January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Morbihan in the Brittany region. It belongs to the Local Government Association Pays du Roi Morvan.

Geography

Guiscriff is located in the northwest of the department of Morbihan on the border of the Finistère department and is part of the Pays du Roi Morvan.

Neighboring municipalities are Roudouallec in the north, and Gourin Le Saint in the northeast, Faouët in the east, Lanvénégen in the Southeast and located in the department of Finistère communities Querrien and Saint- Thurien in the south and Scaër in the West.

The village itself lies off major thoroughfares. About ten kilometers east of Guiscriff leads past the D769 to Saint -Pol-de -Léon to Lorient. The most important national road connecting the N165 to the south. West of the town lies the aerodrome Aerodrome Bretagne Atlantique.

The major bodies of water are the river and the streams Inam St. Antoine, St. Jean, Kergonan, Kerlavarec, Pont Malaga and Goarem Clujiry. In the municipality there are several ponds.

Demographics

History

The municipality belongs to the historic region of Brittany Kernev (Fr. Cornwall ) and within this region to region Aven (French as well ) and shares his story. Guiscriff belonged from 1793 to its dissolution in 1801 Canton Lanvénégen. Since then, the place is assigned to the Canton Faouët.

Attractions

  • Village church of Saint -Pierre et Saint -Paul from the 15th and 16th centuries
  • Chapel Saint- Maude (also saint- Mandé ) from the 15th and 16th centuries
  • Chapel Saint- Eloi from the 15th and 16th centuries
  • Chapel Saint -Antoine in the 16th century
  • Chapel Saint- Mathurin in Kerglaz from the 18th century
  • Chapel Saint- Tugdual from the 17th century
  • Chapel of Notre -Dame ( also Locmaria ) in Locmaria from the 16th century
  • Former chapel Saint- Gwenaël (also Saint- Guénaël ) of the 17th century
  • Calvary at the village church and in Penn evern, Cadigué and Kergroas
  • Dolmen of Kerviniou
  • Fountain Saint- Eloi from the 17th century
  • Castle of Kerandraon
  • The former mansion of Pénéhoc from the 15th and 16th centuries
  • Kerglèmes district with houses from the 17th and 18th centuries
  • Twelve old mills

South view of the village church of Saint -Pierre -et-Saint -Paul in Guiscriff

Chapel Saint- Maude

Chapel Saint -Antoine

Interior of the Church Saint- Eloi

Chapel Saint- Gwenaël

Dolmen of Kerviniou

Chapel Saint- Tugdual

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