Saint-Jacut-du-Mené

Saint-Jacut-du-Mené (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒaky dy məne]; Breton: Sant-Yagu-ar-Menez) is a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor département of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Le Mené.

Saint-Jacut-du-Mené Sant-Yagu-ar-Menez
Part of Le Mené
Location of Saint-Jacut-du-Mené
Saint-Jacut-du-Mené Saint-Jacut-du-Mené
Coordinates: 48°17′03″N 2°28′50″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Plénée-Jugon
Commune	Le Mené
Area 1	19.81 km2 (7.65 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	726
• Density	37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	22330
Elevation	150–296 m (492–971 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Jacut-du-Mené is located in Central Brittany, equal distance from Saint-Brieuc, Rennes and Dinan. Its name comes from a 6th-century Saint called Jacut and the Breton word menez meaning "mount". The main employer is Kermené, subsidiary of E.Leclerc which specializes in meatworks.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Jacut-du-Mené are called Jagüins in French. In 2011, the town had 728 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 599 —     1800 598 −0.2% 1806 708 +18.4% 1821 616 −13.0% 1831 631 +2.4% 1836 684 +8.4% 1841 692 +1.2% 1846 773 +11.7% 1851 1,033 +33.6% 1856 1,039 +0.6% 1861 1,039 +0.0% 1866 1,116 +7.4% 1872 1,116 +0.0% 1876 1,300 +16.5% 1881 1,306 +0.5% 1886 1,349 +3.3% 1891 1,337 −0.9% 1896 1,345 +0.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,364 +1.4% 1906 1,342 −1.6% 1911 1,276 −4.9% 1921 1,172 −8.2% 1926 1,056 −9.9% 1931 993 −6.0% 1936 1,006 +1.3% 1946 912 −9.3% 1954 776 −14.9% 1962 746 −3.9% 1968 725 −2.8% 1975 712 −1.8% 1982 677 −4.9% 1990 666 −1.6% 1999 716 +7.5% 2006 724 +1.1% 2009 726 +0.3%

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)