Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ maʁk syʁ kwɛnɔ̃], literally Saint-Marc on Couesnon; Breton: Sant-Marzh-ar-C'houenon) is a former commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rives-du-Couesnon.[2]

Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon Sant-Marzh-ar-C'houenon
Part of Rives-du-Couesnon
The town hall of Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon
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Coordinates: 48°18′16″N 1°21′51″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	Fougères-1
Commune	Rives-du-Couesnon
Area 1	12.05 km2 (4.65 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	571
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	35140
Elevation	42–117 m (138–384 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon is located 35 km (22 mi) northeast of Rennes and 43 km (27 mi) south of Mont Saint-Michel.

The neighboring communes are Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes, Saint-Sauveur-des-Landes, La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert, Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon, Mézières-sur-Couesnon, and Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon are called médardais in French.

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon.

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

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