Silfiac
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Silfiac
|native name = Silieg
|commune status = Commune
|image = Silfiac_chapelle_st_laurent_1.jpg
|caption = The Chapel of Saint-Laurent, in Silfiac
|image coat of arms =
|coordinates = {{coord|48.1497|-3.1556|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 56245
|postal code = 56480
|arrondissement = Pontivy
|canton = Gourin
|mayor = Olivier Constant{{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 = 175
|elevation max m = 276
|area km2 = 22.46
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Silfiac ({{IPA|fr|silfjak}}; {{Langx|br|Silieg}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56245-silfiac INSEE commune file]
Geography
The village centre of Silfiac is the highest in the department of Morbihan. It is 270 meters above sea level. Silfiac is border by Séglien to the south, by Cléguérec and Sainte-Brigitte to the east, by Lescouët-Gouarec and Perret to the north and by Langoëlan to the west.
Map
{{wide image| Silfiac_opentopomap.png |400px|Topographic map}}
Population
Inhabitants of Silfiac are called in French Silfiacois.
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|36338|Silfiac}} and INSEE (1968–2020)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-56245#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |672
|1800 |732
|1806 |913
|1821 |746
|1831 |1004
|1836 |1022
|1841 |977
|1846 |1183
|1851 |1150
|1856 |1002
|1861 |959
|1866 |1008
|1872 |886
|1876 |946
|1881 |934
|1886 |952
|1891 |1014
|1896 |1017
|1901 |1082
|1906 |1152
|1911 |1180
|1921 |1209
|1926 |1157
|1931 |1019
|1936 |994
|1946 |956
|1954 |897
|1962 |781
|1968 |683
|1975 |588
|1982 |526
|1990 |459
|1999 |445
|2009 |456
|2014 |442
|2020 |478
}}
Prehistory
A six meters high standing stone called Quenouille du Diable (devil's distaff) rises in the town. It is one of the most imposing menhirs in Brittany.
History
The Rohans and the Fravals were the main lords of the parish. Their coats of arms are visible on the south wall of the Saint-Laurent chapel. The Fraval owned the manor of Crenihuel, in Silfiac.
See also
- Communes of the Morbihan department
- Gaston-Auguste Schweitzer Sculptor Silfiac war memorial
References
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External links
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- {{Search Mérimée|56245}}
- [http://www.maires56.asso.fr Mayors of Morbihan Association] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Morbihan communes}}
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