Séglien

Commune in Brittany, France

Séglien Seglian
Commune
The parish church in Séglien
Location of Séglien
(2020–2026)		Laurent Ganivet^[1]
Area ¹	38.36 km² (14.81 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	638
• Density	17/km² (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56242 /56160
Elevation	123–248 m (404–814 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Séglien (French pronunciation: [seɡlijɛ̃]; Breton: Seglian) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3]

Demographics

Inhabitants of Séglien are called in French Ségliennais.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,976	—
1800	1,953	−0.17%
1806	2,004	+0.43%
1821	1,876	−0.44%
1831	2,054	+0.91%
1836	2,122	+0.65%
1841	2,071	−0.49%
1846	2,230	+1.49%
1851	2,175	−0.50%
1856	2,010	−1.57%
1861	1,957	−0.53%
1866	1,980	+0.23%
1872	1,867	−0.97%
1876	1,973	+1.39%
1881	1,951	−0.22%
1886	2,014	+0.64%
1891	1,978	−0.36%
1896	2,005	+0.27%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	2,077	+0.71%
1906	2,103	+0.25%
1911	2,090	−0.12%
1921	1,981	−0.53%
1926	1,862	−1.23%
1931	1,861	−0.01%
1936	1,791	−0.76%
1946	1,760	−0.17%
1954	1,413	−2.71%
1962	1,299	−1.05%
1968	1,115	−2.51%
1975	902	−2.98%
1982	804	−1.63%
1990	724	−1.30%
1999	709	−0.23%
2009	720	+0.15%
2014	696	−0.68%
2020	645	−1.26%

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Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2020)^[5]

Geography

Séglien is border by Silfiac to the north, by Langoëlan to the west, by Locmalo and Guern to the south and by Malguénac and Cléguérec to the east. Historically, Séglien belongs to Vannetais. The river Sarre, a tributary of the river Blavet, flows through the commune.

Map

Topographic map

History

From the roman period there remains a section of the roman road connecting Castennec to Carhaix, passing through Mané-Guégan, Quénécalec and Resterhierven. On this road, no far from Saint-Germain, there is a mutilated cylindrical stone, which could habe been a milestone.^[6]

Gallery

Mutilated cylindrical stone on the ancient roman road, maybe ancient milestone.
Chapel Saint Germain.
Bread oven in Saint Germain.
Chapel of Locmaria.
Chapel Saint John.

References

^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Séglien, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Histoire des paroisses du Diocèse de Vannes, J-M Le Méné, 1891

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Séglien.

Official website (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)