Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon
Sant-Marzh-ar-C'houenon | |
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Part of Rives-du-Couesnon | |
_Mairie.jpg.webp) The town hall of Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon | |
.svg.png.webp) Coat of arms | |
Location of Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon | |
  Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon  Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon | |
| Coordinates: 48°18′16″N 1°21′51″W / 48.3044°N 1.3642°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Fougères-Vitré |
| Canton | Fougères-1 |
| Commune | Rives-du-Couesnon |
| Area 1 | 12.05 km2 (4.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 571 |
| • Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 35140 |
| Elevation | 42–117 m (138–384 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁk syʁ kwenɔ̃], literally Saint-Marc on Couesnon; Breton: Sant-Marzh-ar-C'houenon) is a former commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rives-du-Couesnon.[2]
Geography
Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon is located 35 km (22 mi) northeast of Rennes and 43 km (27 mi) south of Mont Saint-Michel.
The neighboring communes are Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes, Saint-Sauveur-des-Landes, La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert, Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon, Mézières-sur-Couesnon, and Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux.
Population
Inhabitants of Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon are called médardais in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 491 | — |
| 1968 | 411 | −16.3% |
| 1975 | 339 | −17.5% |
| 1982 | 368 | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 402 | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 410 | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 500 | +22.0% |
See also
References
- ↑ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 17 October 2018 (in French)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon.
- Geography of Brittany
- The page of the commune on infobretagne.com
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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