Saint-Gildas
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Saint-Gildas
Sant-Weltaz | |
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 The menhir of Keranhouët, in Saint-Gildas | |
Location of Saint-Gildas  | |
  Saint-Gildas  Saint-Gildas | |
| Coordinates: 48°25′23″N 3°00′07″W / 48.4231°N 3.0019°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
| Canton | Plélo |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Brieuc Armor |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Annie Simon[1] |
Area 1 | 15.54 km2 (6.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 242 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22291 /22800 |
| Elevation | 195–286 m (640–938 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Gildas (Breton: Sant-Weltaz) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 435 | — |
| 1968 | 409 | −6.0% |
| 1975 | 351 | −14.2% |
| 1982 | 330 | −6.0% |
| 1990 | 277 | −16.1% |
| 1999 | 257 | −7.2% |
| 2008 | 280 | +8.9% |
Inhabitants of Saint-Gildas are called Gildasiens and Gildasiennes in French.
In legend and fiction
Breton legend connects Gildas with Brittany.[3] The first book by the Irish writer Julia Kavanagh, Saint-Gildas, or, The Three Paths (1847) is largely set in the village in the eighteenth century.
