Le Croisty

Le Croisty (French pronunciation: [lə kʁwasti]; Breton: Ar C'hroesti) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[3] Inhabitants of Le Croisty are called in French Croistyates.

Le Croisty
Ar C'hroesti
The parish church in Le Croisty
The parish church in Le Croisty
Location of Le Croisty
Le Croisty is located in France
Le Croisty
Le Croisty
Le Croisty is located in Brittany
Le Croisty
Le Croisty
Coordinates: 48°03′57″N 3°21′45″W
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentMorbihan
ArrondissementPontivy
CantonGourin
IntercommunalityRoi Morvan Communauté
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Bruno Lavarec[1]
Area
1
15.88 km2 (6.13 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
721
  Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
56048 /56540
Elevation123–255 m (404–837 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Toponymy

From the breton kroaz which means cross and ty which means house. Le Croisty can be translated as the house of the cross. In the past, the village belonged to the Knights Hospitaller.

Geography

Le Croisty is located 30 km (19 mi) east of Pontivy, 35 km (22 mi) north of Lorient and 64 km (40 mi) northwest of Vannes. Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet. Le Croisty is border by Priziac to the west, by Saint-Tugdual to the north, by Ploërdut to the east and by Saint-Caradec-Trégomel to the south. Apart from the village centre, there are about fifty hamlets. Most of the hamlets consist of two or three houses but others are larger like the village of Cornhospital.

Map

Topographic map

History

Le Croisty was created as a new commune in 1903. Before that, it came within the administrative area of the village of Saint-Tugdual.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 1,088    
1911 1,156+1.22%
1921 1,217+0.52%
1926 1,315+1.56%
1931 1,332+0.26%
1936 1,241−1.41%
1946 1,232−0.07%
1954 1,038−2.12%
1962 1,106+0.80%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,113+0.11%
1975 1,019−1.25%
1982 921−1.43%
1990 846−1.06%
1999 735−1.55%
2008 694−0.64%
2013 742+1.35%
2019 708−0.78%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2019)[5]

See also

References

  1. "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. INSEE commune file
  4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Croisty, EHESS (in French).
  5. , INSEE


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