Gosné
| Gosné Goneg | |
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Town hall | |
  Gosné | |
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Location within Brittany region  Gosné | |
| Coordinates: 48°14′49″N 1°27′49″W / 48.2469°N 1.4636°WCoordinates: 48°14′49″N 1°27′49″W / 48.2469°N 1.4636°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Fougères-Vitré |
| Canton | Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Véronique Lepannetier-Ruffault |
| Area1 | 18.14 km2 (7.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 1,693 |
| • Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35121 / 35140 |
| Elevation | 53–114 m (174–374 ft) |
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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. | |
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Gosné (Breton: Goneg, Gallo: Gosnae) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
International relations
It is twinned with Ballyheigue in County Kerry, Ireland.
Population
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 976 | — |
| 1800 | 886 | −9.2% |
| 1806 | 906 | +2.3% |
| 1821 | 976 | +7.7% |
| 1831 | 1,025 | +5.0% |
| 1836 | 1,025 | +0.0% |
| 1841 | 1,002 | −2.2% |
| 1846 | 1,101 | +9.9% |
| 1851 | 1,197 | +8.7% |
| 1856 | 1,237 | +3.3% |
| 1861 | 1,257 | +1.6% |
| 1866 | 1,297 | +3.2% |
| 1872 | 1,270 | −2.1% |
| 1876 | 1,225 | −3.5% |
| 1881 | 1,198 | −2.2% |
| 1886 | 1,221 | +1.9% |
| 1891 | 1,213 | −0.7% |
| 1896 | 1,161 | −4.3% |
| 1901 | 1,178 | +1.5% |
| 1906 | 1,203 | +2.1% |
| 1911 | 1,176 | −2.2% |
| 1921 | 1,033 | −12.2% |
| 1926 | 1,017 | −1.5% |
| 1931 | 986 | −3.0% |
| 1936 | 950 | −3.7% |
| 1946 | 949 | −0.1% |
| 1954 | 935 | −1.5% |
| 1962 | 918 | −1.8% |
| 1968 | 817 | −11.0% |
| 1975 | 875 | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 1,014 | +15.9% |
| 1990 | 1,195 | +17.9% |
| 1999 | 1,380 | +15.5% |
| 2008 | 1,693 | +22.7% |
Inhabitants of Gosné are called Gosnéens in French.
Geography
Gosné is located at 24 km (15 mi) in the North-East of Rennes and at 49 km (30 mi) in the south of the Mont Saint-Michel.
The bordering communes are Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, Liffré, and Ercé-près-Liffré.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gosné. |
- Geography of Brittany (French)
- The page of the commune on infobretagne.com (French)
- French Ministry of Culture list for Gosné (French)
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