Saint-Jacut-les-Pins
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Saint-Jacut-les-Pins Sant-Yagu-ar-Bineg |
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The road into Saint-Jacut-les-Pins
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Location within Brittany region
Saint-Jacut-les-Pins
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| Coordinates: 47°41′10″N 2°12′51″W / 47.6861°N 2.2142°WCoordinates: 47°41′10″N 2°12′51″W / 47.6861°N 2.2142°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Vannes |
| Canton | Guer |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Redon |
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| • Mayor (2008—2014) | Alain Hercouët |
| Area1 | 22.81 km2 (8.81 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 1,552 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56221 /56220 |
| Elevation | 2–88 m (6.6–288.7 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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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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.
Saint-Jacut-les-Pins (Breton: Sant-Yagu-ar-Bineg) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
The river River Arz forms all of the commune's northern boundary.
The Celtic Veneti, and then the Romans occupied the area in Classical times.
In the High Middle Ages, Britons founded several villages, Bodnaga, Brehadou Guidemais, Bina, Redillac, Brandicoet, and Calleon to name just a few of their towns in the area. The name Saint-Jacut-les-Pins comes form a 6th-century Saint Jacut, who arrived with the British emigrants as a boy and established a church nearby.
The parish suffered heavily in the French Revolution.
The municipality has a medical home, Doctors, a pharmacy and a retirement home which provides a course of activities health for seniors.
Educationally, the commune has a nursery and primary school (École Saint-Joseph), a medical Institute and a technology high school (ISSAT).
In sporting terms, the municipality has a Sports Hall, and the dynamism of its numerous sports associations (cycling, hiking, running foot, basketball, football, tennis, motorcycling, water gymnastics, hunting and fishing).
Finally, on the cultural level, the municipality has a media library (Médiathèque Saint-Jacut-les-Pins) and many associations (theatre, choral, foyer des jeunes).
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