Le Croisty (French pronunciation: [lə kʁwasti]; Breton: Ar C'hroesti) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[3]
Le Croisty
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Coordinates: 48°03′57″N 3°21′45″W / 48.0658°N 3.3625°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Pontivy |
Canton | Gourin |
Intercommunality | Roi Morvan Communauté |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Bruno Lavarec[1] |
Area 1 | 15.88 km2 (6.13 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 732 |
• Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 56048 /56540 |
Elevation | 123–255 m (404–837 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
From the breton kroaz which means cross and ty which means house. Le Croisty can be translated as the house of the cross. In the past, the village belonged to the Knights Hospitaller.
Le Croisty is located 30 km (19 mi) east of Pontivy, 35 km (22 mi) north of Lorient and 64 km (40 mi) northwest of Vannes. Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet. Le Croisty is border by Priziac to the west, by Saint-Tugdual to the north, by Ploërdut to the east and by Saint-Caradec-Trégomel to the south. Apart from the village centre, there are about fifty hamlets. Most of the hamlets consist of two or three houses but others are larger like the village of Cornhospital.
Le Croisty was created as a new commune in 1903. Before that, it came within the administrative area of the village of Saint-Tugdual.
Inhabitants of Le Croisty are called in French Croistyates.
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2020)[5] |