Saint-Pôtan

Saint-Pôtan

Sant-Postan
Saint-Pôtan Sant-Postan
Commune
	Manor House in Saint Pôtan, Brittany
	Coat of arms
	Location of Saint-Pôtan
	Saint-Pôtan Saint-Pôtan
	Coordinates: 48°33′30″N 2°17′24″W / 48.5583°N 2.29°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Pléneuf-Val-André
Intercommunality	Dinan Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Arnaud Lecuyer
Area 1	19.89 km2 (7.68 sq mi)
Population (2021)	828
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22323 /22550
Elevation	12–77 m (39–253 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

It takes its name from Saint Pôtan, the namesake of the commune's church. It has grown steadily since 2011 owing to new housing estates and contains a small variety of shops. It is surrounded by more than a dozen stone crosses.

In the village of Saint-Pôtan is a manor house now called «Le Vaumeloisel», which used to be a chateau before being destroyed in the French Revolution. This chateau once welcomed the Duchess Anne of Brittany, who married two French kings, and is now a family house. The family who once lived in this house were the Guyon family, who are French aristocrats who own many manor houses in the department of Côtes-d'Armor. One of these includes the well known Fort-la-Latte chateau, where the movie The Vikings was filmed.

Much local employment comes from agriculture and tourism, but it is also the home of Sodimac,^[3] the major employer of the commune, a manufacturer of agricultural machinery and steel building components.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	899	—
1968	926	+3.0%
1975	885	−4.4%
1982	860	−2.8%
1990	798	−7.2%
1999	735	−7.9%
2011	769	+4.6%

The commune's population declined during the twentieth century, but has grown since 2011.

Geography

Saint-Pôtan is situated near the town of Matignon, and is only about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the coast. Saint-Pôtan is also close to main transport links including the Saint-Malo ferry port, which has routes to England and the channel Islands, operated by Brittany Ferries and Condor Ferries. It is close to the towns of Lamballe, Dinan, Saint-Brieuc, Rennes, and Saint-Malo. There are train stations in Lamballe, Saint-Malo and Saint-Brieuc which have links to Brest and Gare Montparnasse (Paris). Saint-Pôtan is also ideally sitatuated for air travel as Dinard–Pleurtuit–Saint-Malo Airport is only about 15 km away with links to England and the Channel Islands. Further away are Brest and Rennes airports, with links to Europe.