Le Saint
{{other uses|Saint (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Le Saint
|native name = Ar Sent
|commune status = Commune
|image = Le Saint mairie.JPG
|caption = The town hall in Le Saint
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Le Saint (Morbihan).svg
|coordinates = {{coord|48.0903|-3.5611|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 56201
|postal code = 56110
|arrondissement = Pontivy
|canton = Gourin
|mayor = Jérôme Regnier{{cite web|url=https://www.morbihan.gouv.fr/content/download/45068/325032/file/Maires%20du%20Morbihan%202020%20-%20250.pdf|title=Maires du Morbihan|date=7 July 2020|publisher=Préfecture du Morbihan}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Roi Morvan Communauté
|elevation min m = 73
|elevation max m = 223
|area km2 = 31.03
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Le Saint ({{IPA|fr|lə sɛ̃}}; {{Langx|br|Ar Sent}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56201-le-saint INSEE commune file]
Breton language
The municipality launched a Breton linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 24 February 2005.
Population
The population has been divided by three since the first world war.
{{Historical populations
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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|30215|Le Saint}} and INSEE (1968-2020)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-56201#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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|1793 |1644
|1800 |1633
|1806 |1378
|1821 |1220
|1831 |1458
|1836 |1487
|1841 |1630
|1846 |1704
|1851 |1627
|1856 |1582
|1861 |1646
|1866 |1679
|1872 |1609
|1876 |1639
|1881 |1753
|1886 |1782
|1891 |1804
|1896 |1820
|1901 |1962
|1906 |2055
|1911 |2159
|1921 |2068
|1926 |2088
|1931 |2035
|1936 |1967
|1946 |1800
|1954 |1513
|1962 |1354
|1968 |1208
|1975 |1013
|1982 |881
|1990 |761
|1999 |696
|2009 |654
|2014 |606
|2020 |590
}}
Geography
Le Saint is located in the northwestern part of Morbihan, {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Lorient. Historically, it belongs to Cornouaille. Le Saint is border by Gourin to the west and the north, by Langonnet and Le Faouët to the east and by Guiscriff to the south. The river Inam forms the commune's western border and the river Moulin du Duc forms the commune's eastern border. The two rivers meet at the southern end of the commune at a place called Pont Briand. Apart from the village centre there are about eighty hamlets.
Map
{{wide image|Le_saint_opentopomap.png|400px|Topographic map.}}
List of places
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History
The lords of Faouët, the Bouteville, lived in their castle in Le Saint in the fifteenth century.
Gallery
Eglise paroissiale de Le Saint.JPG|The church.
Le_Saint_chapelle_Saint_Méen.jpg|The chapel of Saint-Méen.
Le_Saint_fontaine_Saint_Méen.jpg|Fountain of Saint-Méen.
Le_Saint_chapelle_Saint_Trémeur_1.jpg|The chapel of Saint-Trémeur.
Vestige chapelle Saint-Adrien.JPG|Oratory of Bouthiry.
See also
References
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External links
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- {{Search Mérimée|56201}}
- [http://www.maires56.asso.fr Mayors of Morbihan Association] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Morbihan communes}}
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