Le Croisty
{{short description|Commune in Brittany, France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Le Croisty
|native name = Ar C'hroesti
|commune status = Commune
|image = Le Croisty (56) Église 01.JPG
|caption = The parish church in Le Croisty
|image coat of arms =
|coordinates = {{coord|48.0658|-3.3625|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 56048
|postal code = 56540
|arrondissement = Pontivy
|canton = Gourin
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Roi Morvan Communauté
|elevation min m = 123
|elevation max m = 255
|area km2 = 15.88
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Le Croisty ({{IPA|fr|lə kʁwasti}}; {{langx|br|Ar C'hroesti}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56048-le-croisty INSEE commune file]
Toponymy
From the breton kroaz which means cross and ty which means house. Le Croisty can be translated as the house of the cross. In the past, the village belonged to the Knights Hospitaller.
Geography
Le Croisty is located {{convert|30|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of Pontivy, {{convert|35|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Lorient and {{convert|64|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Vannes. Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet. Le Croisty is border by Priziac to the west, by Saint-Tugdual to the north, by Ploërdut to the east and by Saint-Caradec-Trégomel to the south. Apart from the village centre, there are about fifty hamlets. Most of the hamlets consist of two or three houses but others are larger like the village of Cornhospital.
Map
{{wide image|Le_croisty_opentopomap.png|400px|Topographic map}}
History
Le Croisty was created as a new commune in 1903. Before that, it came within the administrative area of the village of Saint-Tugdual.
Population
Inhabitants of Le Croisty are called in French Croistyates.
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|11141|Le Croisty}} and INSEE (1968-2020)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-56048#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1906 |1088
|1911 |1156
|1921 |1217
|1926 |1315
|1931 |1332
|1936 |1241
|1946 |1232
|1954 |1038
|1962 |1106
|1968 |1113
|1975 |1019
|1982 |921
|1990 |846
|1999 |735
|2009 |705
|2014 |730
|2020 |721
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- [http://le-croisty.fr/ Official site] {{in lang|fr}}
- {{Search Mérimée|56048}}
- [http://www.maires56.asso.fr Mayors of Morbihan Association] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Morbihan communes}}
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