Saint-Mayeux

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Coordinates: 48°15′24″N 3°00′17″W / 48.25667, -3.00472

Commune of Saint-Mayeux
Sant-Vaeg
Location
Coordinates	48°15′24″N 3°00′17″W / 48.25667, -3.00472
Administration
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Corlay
Intercommunality	C.C. du Pays de Corlay
Mayor	Guy Quéré (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	189 m–316 m[1]
Land area¹	30.63 km²
Population² (1999)	484
- Density	16/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	22316/ 22320
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Mayeux (Breton: Sant-Vaeg) is a French commune located in the Côtes-d'Armor département, in the Bretagne région.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Sites and monuments 3 Notable citizens 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Change in Population
(Source : INSEE^[2])

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
839	874	773	664	539	484
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting — residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Inhabitants of Saint-Mayeux are known in French as Mayochins.

[edit] Sites and monuments

• The church bell, reconstructed in 1730, previously said to have been at the Abbey of Bon Repos.
• Saint-Maurice chapel, its altarpiece is listed as historically significant and it has a "miraculous" font.
• The Roch ar lien, steeped in history and legend.
• The menhirs, Mein al has (French: la Pierre du chat) and Roch ar len (French: le Rocher du sommet)
• The tomb of the Gauls (a gallery grave, or neolithic tomb)

[edit] Notable citizens

Jules-Charles Le Bozec (1898 - 1973), sculptor.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

[edit] External links

• French Ministry of Culture list for Saint-Mayeux (French)