Saint-Brice-en-Coglès

Saint-Brice-en-Coglès (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bʁis ɑ̃ kɔɡl], pronounced as Saint-Brice-en-Cogles; Breton: Sant-Brizh-Gougleiz) is a former commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Maen Roch.

Saint-Brice-en-Coglès Sant-Brizh-Gougleiz
Part of Maen Roch
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Brice-en-Coglès
Saint-Brice-en-Coglès Saint-Brice-en-Coglès
Coordinates: 48°24′41″N 1°21′57″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	Antrain
Commune	Maen Roch
Area 1	16.46 km2 (6.36 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	3,090
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	35460
Elevation	80–124 m (262–407 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint-Brice-en-Coglès is located at 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Rennes and 29 km (18 mi) south of Mont Saint-Michel. The neighboring communes are Coglès, La Selle-en-Coglès, Saint-Étienne-en-Coglès, Baillé, Saint-Marc-le-Blanc, and Tremblay.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Brice-en-Coglès are called briçois in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,962	—
1968	2,045	+4.2%
1975	2,403	+17.5%
1982	2,477	+3.1%
1990	2,484	+0.3%
1999	2,395	−3.6%
2009	2,758	+15.2%
2019	3,090	+12.0%

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

External links

• Geography of Brittany
• The page of the commune on infobretagne.com
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)