Saint-Mayeux

Saint-Mayeux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ majø]; Breton: Sant-Vaeg) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Saint-Mayeux Sant-Vaeg
Commune
The town hall of Saint-Mayeux
Location of Saint-Mayeux
Saint-Mayeux Saint-Mayeux
Coordinates: 48°15′24″N 3°00′17″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Guerlédan
Intercommunality	Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilles Hellard
Area 1	30.63 km2 (11.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	463
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22316 /22320
Elevation	189–316 m (620–1,037 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	839	—
1968	874	+4.2%
1975	773	−11.6%
1982	664	−14.1%
1990	539	−18.8%
1999	484	−10.2%
2009	527	+8.9%
2014	505	−4.2%

Inhabitants of Saint-Mayeux are known in French as mayochins.

Sights

• The church bell, reconstructed in 1730, previously said to have been at the Abbey of Bon Repos.
• Saint-Maurice chapel, its altarpiece is listed as historically significant and it has a "miraculous" font.
• The Roch ar lien, steeped in history and legend.
• The menhirs, Mein al has (French: la Pierre du chat) and Roch ar len (French: le Rocher du sommet)
• The tomb of the Gauls (a gallery grave, or neolithic tomb)

Personalities

• Jules-Charles Le Bozec, sculptor

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)