Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys

Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
Lokentaz

Saint Gildas church

Coat of arms
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys

Coordinates: 47°30′03″N 2°50′12″W / 47.5008°N 2.8367°W / 47.5008; -2.8367Coordinates: 47°30′03″N 2°50′12″W / 47.5008°N 2.8367°W / 47.5008; -2.8367
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Vannes
Canton Sarzeau
Intercommunality Presqu'île de Rhuys
Government
 • Mayor (2008—2014) Dominique Vanard
Area1 15.28 km2 (5.90 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,436
 • Density 94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 56214 / 56730
Elevation 0–42 m (0–138 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys (Breton: Lokentaz) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Its French name refers to Saint Gildas, who founded the abbey of Saint-Gildas-de-Ruys on the Rhuys Peninsula in the 6th century. From 920 to 1008, the Norman raids forced the monks to bring the relics of the saint to the abbey of Saint-Gildas of Châteauroux that they founded under the protection of the prince Ebbes of Déols.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys are called in French Gildasiens.

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