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Le Croisty (French pronunciation: ​[lə kʁwasti]; Breton: Ar C'hroesti) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[3] Inhabitants of Le Croisty are called in French Croistyates.

Le Croisty Ar C'hroesti
Commune
The parish church in Le Croisty
Location of Le Croisty
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Coordinates: 48°03′57″N 3°21′45″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Pontivy
Canton	Gourin
Intercommunality	Roi Morvan Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Lavarec[1]
Area 1	15.88 km2 (6.13 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	708
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56048 /56540
Elevation	123–255 m (404–837 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Toponymy

From the breton kroaz which means cross and ty which means house. Le Croisty can be translated as the house of the cross. In the past, the village belonged to the Knights Hospitaller.

Geography

Le Croisty is located 30 km (19 mi) east of Pontivy, 35 km (22 mi) north of Lorient and 64 km (40 mi) northwest of Vannes. Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet. Le Croisty is border by Priziac to the west, by Saint-Tugdual to the north, by Ploërdut to the east and by Saint-Caradec-Trégomel to the south. Apart from the village centre, there are about fifty hamlets. Most of the hamlets consist of two or three houses but others are larger like the village of Cornhospital.

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History

Le Croisty was created as a new commune in 1903. Before that, it came within the administrative area of the village of Saint-Tugdual.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,088 —     1911 1,156 +1.22% 1921 1,217 +0.52% 1926 1,315 +1.56% 1931 1,332 +0.26% 1936 1,241 −1.41% 1946 1,232 −0.07% 1954 1,038 −2.12% 1962 1,106 +0.80%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,113 +0.11% 1975 1,019 −1.25% 1982 921 −1.43% 1990 846 −1.06% 1999 735 −1.55% 2008 694 −0.64% 2013 742 +1.35% 2019 708 −0.78%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2019)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

External links

• Official site (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)

На других языках

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[de] Le Croisty

Le Croisty (bretonisch: Ar C’hroesti) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 708 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Morbihan in der Region Bretagne. Sie gehört zum Gemeindeverband Roi Morvan Communauté.

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- [en] Le Croisty

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[fr] Le Croisty

Le Croisty [lə kʁwasti] est une commune française située dans le département du Morbihan, en région Bretagne.

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