Saint-Mayeux

French commune
nomcommune=Saint-Mayeux
native_name=Sant-Vaeg


caption=


x=40
y=85
lat_long=coord|48|15|24|N|3|00|17|W|region:FR_type:city
insee=22316
cp=22320
région=Bretagne
département=Côtes-d'Armor
arrondissement=Saint-Brieuc
canton=Corlay
maire=Guy Quéré
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Pays de Corlay
alt mini=189
alt maxi=316 m
km²=30.63
sans=484
date-sans=1999
dens=16
date-dens=1999|

Saint-Mayeux ( _br. Sant-Vaeg) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Bretagne in northwestern France.

Demographics

Démographie
1962= 839
1968= 874
1975= 773
1982= 664
1990= 539
1999= 484
sansdoublescomptes= 1962|source=INSEE [ [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=22316&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Saint-Mayeux] , INSEE]

Inhabitants of Saint-Mayeux are known in French as "Mayochins".

ites and monuments

*The church bell, reconstructed in 1730, previously said to have been at the Abbey of Bon Repos.
*Saint-Maurice chapel, its altarpiece is listed as historically significant and it has a "miraculous" font.
*The "Roch ar lien", steeped in history and legend.
*The menhirs, "Mein al has" ( _fr. la Pierre du chat) and "Roch ar len" ( _fr. le Rocher du sommet)
*"The tomb of the Gauls" (a gallery grave, or neolithic tomb)

Notable citizens

Jules-Charles Le Bozec (1898 - 1973), sculptor.

References

ee also

*Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

External links

* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=INSEE&VALUE_98=22316 French Ministry of Culture list for Saint-Mayeux] fr icon