Côtes-d'Armor
The Côtes-d'Armor ( , ; ; , ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord until 1990 (, ), is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.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 northwestern
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 ...
. It is named after the Breton
Saint Maudez
Maudez is a Breton saint who lived in the 5th or 6th century. He is also known as Maudé, Maudet (Breton French), Maodez or Modez (Breton), Maudetus (Latin), Mandé (French) and Mawes (in Cornwall). In the Breton calendar his feast is 18 November.
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History
St. Maudez is the tenth son of the King of Ireland Erelus (or Erelea or Ardea) and Gentuse or Getive, his wife. Saint-Maudez landed in Brittany, around 528, not far from Dol, with his sister Saint Juvette and two disciples, Saint Botmel and Saint Tudy.
Heraldic
Blazon = Carved: 1st of silver sown with shadows of ermine speckles with a line of azure, a lion gules crowned with gold debruising, 2nd of azure sown shadows of ermine speckles and at Saint Maudet bypassed halo issuant from the point and holding his episcopal crozier, all in shadow with the silver line.
Population
Inhabitants of Saint-Maudez are called ''maudéziens'' in French.
Places and monuments
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* The church Saint-Maudez, the millennial yew, its parish enclosure and the cross of the Templar Knights (registered in the inventory of historical monuments on 28/10/1926 under the reference PA000896446)
* The Orrhins Crosses (see below)
* The Gouyon fountain
* The Thaumatz Castle https://www.geneanet.org/cartes-postales/view/6306989#0 (private)
* Many old remarkable houses
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Image:Croix St Maudez 2.png, Croix St Maudez
Image:Croix St Maudez 3.png, Croix St Maudez
Image:Croix St Maudez 4.png, Croix St Maudez
Image:Croix St Maudez 5.png, Croix St Maudez
Image:Croix St Maudez 7.png, Croix St Maudez
Image:Croix St Maudez 6.png, Croix St Maudez
See also
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Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
The following is a list of the 348 communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):