Saint-Gildas
Encyclopedia
Saint-Gildas is a commune
in the Côtes-d'Armor
department of Brittany in northwestern France
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with Brittany.
The first book by the Irish writer Julia Kavanagh
, Saint-Gildas, or, The Three Paths (1847) is largely set in the village in the eighteenth century.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Côtes-d'Armor
Côtes-d'Armor
Côtes-d'Armor is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France.-History:Côtes-du-Nord was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Brittany. Its name was changed in 1990 to...
department of Brittany in northwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Population
Inhabitants of Saint-Gildas are called gildasiens.In legend and fiction
Breton legend connects GildasGildas
Gildas was a 6th-century British cleric. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during this period. His renowned learning and literary style earned him the designation Gildas Sapiens...
with Brittany.
The first book by the Irish writer Julia Kavanagh
Julia Kavanagh
Julia Kavanagh was an Irish novelist, born at Thurles in Tipperary, Ireland.-Biography:She was the daughter of Morgan Peter Kavanagh , author of various philological works and some poems...
, Saint-Gildas, or, The Three Paths (1847) is largely set in the village in the eighteenth century.