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

Le Croisty
Ar C'hroesti
The parish church in Le Croisty
The parish church in Le Croisty
Location of Le Croisty
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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 / 48.0658°N 3.3625°W / 48.0658; -3.3625
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentMorbihan
ArrondissementPontivy
CantonGourin
IntercommunalityRoi Morvan Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bruno Lavarec[1]
Area
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15.88 km2 (6.13 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
732
 • Density46/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

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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

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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.

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History

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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

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Inhabitants of Le Croisty are called in French Croistyates.

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%
2009 705−0.42%
2014 730+0.70%
2020 721−0.21%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2020)[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Croisty, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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