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Gosné (French pronunciation: ​[ɡone]; Breton: Goneg; Gallo: Gosnae) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Gosné Goneg
Commune
Town hall
Location of Gosné
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Coordinates: 48°14′49″N 1°27′49″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
Canton	Fougères-1
Intercommunality	Liffré-Cormier Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Dupire[1]
Area 1	18.14 km2 (7.00 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	2,000
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35121 /35140
Elevation	53–114 m (174–374 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

International relations

It is twinned with Ballyheigue in County Kerry, Ireland.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 976 —     1800 886 −9.2% 1806 906 +2.3% 1821 976 +7.7% 1831 1,025 +5.0% 1836 1,025 +0.0% 1841 1,002 −2.2% 1846 1,101 +9.9% 1851 1,197 +8.7% 1856 1,237 +3.3% 1861 1,257 +1.6% 1866 1,297 +3.2% 1872 1,270 −2.1% 1876 1,225 −3.5% 1881 1,198 −2.2% 1886 1,221 +1.9% 1891 1,213 −0.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 1,161 −4.3% 1901 1,178 +1.5% 1906 1,203 +2.1% 1911 1,176 −2.2% 1921 1,033 −12.2% 1926 1,017 −1.5% 1931 986 −3.0% 1936 950 −3.7% 1946 949 −0.1% 1954 935 −1.5% 1962 918 −1.8% 1968 817 −11.0% 1975 875 +7.1% 1982 1,014 +15.9% 1990 1,195 +17.9% 1999 1,380 +15.5% 2008 1,693 +22.7%

Inhabitants of Gosné are called Gosnéens in French.

Geography

Gosné is located at 24 km (15 mi) in the North-East of Rennes and at 49 km (30 mi) in the south of the Mont Saint-Michel.

The bordering communes are Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, Liffré, and Ercé-près-Liffré.

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

External links

• Geography of Brittany (in French)
• The page of the commune on infobretagne.com (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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