Le Saint (; ) is a commune in the

Morbihan The Morbihan ( , ; ) is a departments of France, department in the administrative region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Gulf of Morbihan, Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton ...

department of

Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...

in north-western

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

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Breton language

The municipality launched a

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally **Breton people **Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Gale ...

linguistic plan through

Ya d'ar brezhoneg (, ) is a campaign started in the 21st century by the () to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language in daily life in Brittany, northwestern France. Breton is a Brythonic Celtic language which has fallen out of general use since the ...

on 24 February 2005.

Population

The population has been divided by three since the first world war.

Geography

Le Saint is located in the northwestern part of Morbihan, north of

Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town (''Communes of France, commune'') and Port, seaport in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginn ...

. Historically, it belongs to

Cornouaille Cornouaille (; , ) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France. The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain. This can be explained by the settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princes from Cornwall ...

. Le Saint is border by Gourin to the west and the north, by Langonnet and Le Faouët to the east and by

Guiscriff Guiscriff (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.center, The ruins of the castle at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Gallery

Eglise paroissiale de Le Saint.JPG, The church. Le_Saint_chapelle_Saint_Méen.jpg, The chapel of Saint-Méen. Le_Saint_fontaine_Saint_Méen.jpg, Fountain of Saint-Méen. Le_Saint_chapelle_Saint_Trémeur_1.jpg, The chapel of Saint-Trémeur. Vestige chapelle Saint-Adrien.JPG, Oratory of Bouthiry.

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