Malestroit
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Malestroit
Malastred | |
|---|---|
 Bouffay Square in Malestroit | |
 Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Malestroit | |
  Malestroit  Malestroit | |
| Coordinates: 47°48′38″N 2°22′56″W / 47.8106°N 2.3822°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 (2023)[2] | 2,558 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,140/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. | |
Malestroit (French pronunciation: [maletʁwa]; Breton: Malastred) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[3] The town is on the river Oust and part of the Nantes-Brest canal. It has several half-timbered houses.[4]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2,483 | — |
| 1975 | 2,506 | +0.13% |
| 1982 | 2,465 | −0.24% |
| 1990 | 2,357 | −0.56% |
| 1999 | 2,472 | +0.53% |
| 2007 | 2,478 | +0.03% |
| 2012 | 2,497 | +0.15% |
| 2017 | 2,456 | −0.33% |
| 2023 | 2,558 | +0.68% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Tourism
Malestroit is on the Nantes-Brest canal, which is no longer completely navigable. However, the section through the town is 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 Saint-Marcel houses a museum dedicated to the Breton Resistance movement where a battle against the Nazis took place and was won by the Resistance fighters.[6]
Twinning
Malestroit, whose inhabitants are known in French as Malestroyens, is twinned with the town of Jedburgh in the United Kingdom.[7]
