Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys

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Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
Lokentaz
Commune
Saint Gildas church
Saint Gildas church
Coat of arms of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
Coat of arms
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Vannes
Canton Séné
Intercommunality Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Layec[1]
Area1 15.28 km2 (5.90 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2 Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.
INSEE/Postal code 56214 / 56730
Elevation 0–42 m (0–138 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys (Breton: Lokentaz) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[2] Inhabitants of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys are called in French Gildasiens.

Its French name refers to Saint Gildas, who founded the abbey of Saint-Gildas-de-Ruys on the Rhuys Peninsula in the 6th century. From 920 to 1008, the Norman raids forced the monks to bring the relics of the saint to the abbey of Saint-Gildas of Châteauroux that they founded under the protection of the prince Ebbes of Déols.

Burials

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References

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  2. INSEE commune file

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