Les Iffs

Les Iffs is one of the many small communities of France in the department of Ille -et -Vilaine Brittany region. Les Iffs belongs to Arrondissement Rennes and Canton Bécherel.

Location

The community is only 4.52 square kilometers and is located southwest of Tinténiac to 53-141 m above sea level, and indeed west of the National Road 137 and north of the departmental road 27, it has 267 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011).

History

The place is first mentioned in the 12th century, when a castle was built. It was the seat of the Lords of Tinténiac. Here in 1354 Bertrand du Guesclin was knighted; Jeanne de Lavel, his second wife, whom he married in 1373, was from Montmuran. The present parish church dates back to the 15th century.

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Saint- Ouen ( 15-16. Century), Gothic ( Flamboyant style), neo-Gothic bell tower of 1875-81
  • Montmuran castle ( 12th, 14th and 18th century) with its drawbridge, chapel and Orangery
  • Manoir ( Manor House ) La Porte (15th century)
  • Manoir ( Manor House ) de La Boulaye ( 15-16. Century)
  • Close Fontaine Saint -Fiacre (16th century), small stone building
  • Stone cross in the south of the church

Personalities

  • Francis Chauvin, French cyclist (1902-1994)
Arrondissement of Rennes Cantons of France Postal codes in France Langan, Ille-et-Vilaine
508774
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