Saint-Perreux
Encyclopedia
Saint-Perreux is a commune
in the Morbihan
department of Brittany in north-western France
and named after the Welsh
monk
, Saint Petroc
.
) into the Oust
, which forms the commune's eastern border.
Perrusiens or Perreusiens.
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 Morbihan
Morbihan
Morbihan is a department in Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan , the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastline.-History:...
department of Brittany in north-western 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...
and named after the Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
monk
Monk
A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
, Saint Petroc
Saint Petroc
Saint Petroc is a 6th century Celtic Christian saint. He was born in Wales but primarily ministered to the Britons of Dumnonia which included the modern counties of Devon , Cornwall , and parts of Somerset and Dorset...
.
Geography
The river Arz forms most of the commune's western and south-western borders, then flows (at Saint-Jean-la-PoterieSaint-Jean-la-Poterie
Saint-Jean-la-Poterie is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.-Geography:The river Arz forms part of the commune's northern border, then flows into the Oust, which forms most of its eastern boundary.-Demographics:...
) into the Oust
Oust River
The Oust is a river in Brittany, France, right tributary of the Vilaine. Its source is in the hills between Corlay and Quintin. It flows generally southeast, through the following départements and towns:* Côtes-d'Armor: Uzel...
, which forms the commune's eastern border.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Saint-Perreux are called in FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
Perrusiens or Perreusiens.