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La Vraie-Croix (French pronunciation: [la vʁɛ kʁwa]; Breton: Langroez) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.[3] Its inhabitants are called Langroëziens after the Breton name for the commune.
La Vraie-Croix
Langroez | |
|---|---|
 The town hall in La-Vraie-Croix | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of La Vraie-Croix  | |
  La Vraie-Croix  La Vraie-Croix | |
| Coordinates: 47°41′26″N 2°32′30″W / 47.6906°N 2.5417°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Vannes |
| Canton | Questembert |
| Intercommunality | Questembert Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pascal Guiblin[1] |
Area 1 | 16.63 km2 (6.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,474 |
| • Density | 89/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56261 /56250 |
| Elevation | 60–151 m (197–495 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editLocated in the countryside at the edge of the Lanvaux heathland, La Vraie-Croix is a hilly area with many footpaths which offer attractive views.
History
editThe name La Vraie-Croix (English: The True Cross) comes from a knight of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem who, returning from a crusade, carried with a fragment of the True Cross. He stopped in the town during this journey. He returned the next day and saw that the fragment had disappeared. The piece was subsequently found in a crow's nest on top of a hawthorn bush.[ambiguous]
The townspeople removed it, but the next day the fragment was back in the crow's nest. They saw it was a sign, and the people decided to build a chapel at the site of the tree to house the relic.[ambiguous]
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 666 | — |
| 1975 | 723 | +1.18% |
| 1982 | 835 | +2.08% |
| 1990 | 1,068 | +3.12% |
| 1999 | 1,068 | +0.00% |
| 2007 | 1,290 | +2.39% |
| 2012 | 1,382 | +1.39% |
| 2017 | 1,471 | +1.26% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Sites and monuments
editThe small village church to this day houses a reliquary which contains a piece of the True Cross.
Green spaces
editLa Vraie-Croix is renowned for its floral decoration which is organised by the people of the village and which has won numerous awards. Indeed, this county has received a national award several times, as well as a European first prize. For many years the village has achieved a rating of four flowers (the maximum possible) and the grand prize in the Concours des villes et villages fleuris (Cities and villages in bloom competition).[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Link to competition website Archived 2009-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Official page of La Vraie-Croix (in French)
- Histoire et Patrimoine (in French)
- Chapelles du Pays Vannetais (in French)
- Photos of chapels in Brittany - Photos de chapelles en Bretagne
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