Malestroit (French pronunciation: ​[maletʁwa]; Breton: Malastred) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.INSEE commune file The town is on the river Oust and part of the Nantes-Brest canal. It has several half-timbered houses.[3]

Malestroit Malastred
Commune
Bouffay Square in Malestroit
Coat of arms
Location of Malestroit
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Coordinates: 47°48′38″N 2°22′56″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Moréac
Intercommunality	CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Gicquello[1]
Area 1	5.81 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	2,470
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56124 /56140
Elevation	10–95 m (33–312 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Twinning

Malestroit, whose inhabitants are known in French as Malestroyens, are twinned with the town of Jedburgh in the United Kingdom.[4]

Tourism

Malestroit was on the Nantes-Brest canal although this is no longer completely navigable. However the section through the town in over 200 km long and barges moor up near the centre of Malestroit. It is possible to hire a boat to explore the waterway. The nearby village of St. Marcel houses a museum dedicated to the Breton Resistance movement. This is the place where a battle against the Nazis took place which was won by the Resistance fighters.[5]

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Malestroit.

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
• Guide to Malestroit and Property in the Area (in English)

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