Sainte-Anne-d'Auray

French commune
nomcommune=Sainte-Anne-d'Auray
native_name=Santez-Anna-Wened


x=40
y=102
lat_long=coord|47|42|15|N|2|57|10|W|region:FR_type:city
insee=56263
cp=56400
région=Bretagne
département=Morbihan
arrondissement=Lorient
canton=Auray
maire=Henri Macé
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=C.C. du Pays d'Auray
alt mini=36 m
alt maxi=57 m
km²=4.97
sans=1,844
date-sans=1999
dens=371
date-dens=1999|

Sainte-Anne-d'Auray ( _br. Santez-Anna-Wened) is a French commune located in the Morbihan "département", in the Bretagne "région".

Demographics

Inhabitants of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray are called "Saintannois".

As of the census of 1999, the village has a population of formatnum:1,844.

Culture

The most notable feature of the village is the large Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray, which is a major site of pilgrimage. Saint Anne is the patron saint of Brittany. The Basilica was built in the mid-nineteenth century to replace an earlier church which had housed an ancient statue of Anne which was said to have been miraculously discovered by Yves Nicolazic, a local peasant, who claimed to have had visions from the saint asking him to built a church in her honour. [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15271b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Diocese of Vannes] ] The statue was destroyed during the French Revolution. In the gardens is a large war memorial to Breton victims of World War One, containing sculptures by Jules-Charles Le Bozec. A large statue of Henri, comte de Chambord, the last Bourbon claimant to the monarchy of France, is at the end of the road leading to the now-disused railway station.

ee also

*Communes of the Morbihan department

References

[http://www.maires56.asso.fr Mayors of Morbihan Association] fr icon; [http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] en icon; [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1&lng_id=EN IGN] en icon

External links

* [http://www.sainte-anne-auray.com Official website] fr icon
* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=INSEE&VALUE_98=56263 French Ministry of Culture list for Sainte-Anne-d'Auray] fr icon
* [http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/mapPerformPage?strAddress=&strCP=56400&strLocation=Sainte_Anne_auray&strCountry=1424&image2.x=28&image2.y=7 Map of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray on Michelin] en icon
*CathEncy|wstitle=Sainte Anne d'Auray