Sainte-Brigitte
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Sainte-Brigitte
|native name = Berc'hed
|commune status = Commune
|image = Eglise Sainte Brigitte.JPG
|caption = The church in Sainte-Brigitte
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Sainte-Brigitte (Morbihan).svg
|coordinates = {{coord|48.1633|-3.1278|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 56209
|postal code = 56480
|arrondissement = Pontivy
|canton = Gourin
|mayor = Stéphane Du Pontavice{{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 = Pontivy Communauté
|elevation min m = 120
|elevation max m = 286
|area km2 = 17.74
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Sainte-Brigitte ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃t bʁiʒit}}; {{langx|br|Berc'hed}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56209-sainte-brigitte INSEE commune file]
Population
Inhabitants of Sainte-Brigitte are called in French Brigittois. The population declined quickly after the first world war. The population is steady since 1982.
{{Historical populations
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| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|30796|Sainte-Brigitte}} and INSEE (1968-2020)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-56209#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |791
|1800 |672
|1806 |655
|1821 |729
|1831 |743
|1836 |787
|1841 |758
|1846 |813
|1851 |765
|1856 |700
|1861 |700
|1866 |747
|1872 |632
|1876 |684
|1881 |665
|1886 |675
|1891 |640
|1896 |657
|1901 |628
|1906 |646
|1911 |666
|1921 |648
|1926 |634
|1931 |553
|1936 |505
|1946 |453
|1954 |357
|1962 |320
|1968 |237
|1975 |195
|1982 |186
|1990 |141
|1999 |166
|2009 |166
|2014 |180
|2020 |180
}}
Geography
Map
{{wide image|Sainte_brigitte_opentopomap.png|400px|Topographic map}}
History
The main activity in the village was the forges in the last centuries. The activity declined quickly at the end of the nineteenth century and the forges closed in 1880.
Gallery
Sainte-Brigitte_église_1.jpg|The parish church.
Sainte-Brigitte_cloche_église.jpg|The bell of the church
Vue_du_village_sidérurgique_des_forges_des_Salles.jpg|General view of the village of Les Forges des Salles
Sainte-Brigitte_Le_Gouvello.jpg|Cottages in the village of Le Gouvello
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category}}
- {{Search Mérimée|56209}}
- [http://www.maires56.asso.fr Mayors of Morbihan Association] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Morbihan communes}}
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