Le Tiercent (French pronunciation: [lə tjɛʁsɑ̃]; Gallo: Le Tierczant, Breton: An Tergant) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Le Tiercent
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_%C3%89glise_Saint-Martin_-_Ext%C3%A9rieur_-_24.jpg) The church in Le Tiercent | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Le Tiercent  | |
  Le Tiercent  Le Tiercent | |
| Coordinates: 48°21′00″N 1°24′18″W / 48.35°N 1.405°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Fougères-Vitré |
| Canton | Val-Couesnon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christian Hubert[1] |
Area 1 | 3.70 km2 (1.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 189 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35336 /35460 |
| Elevation | 50–98 m (164–322 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editLe Tiercent is located 37 km (23 mi) northeast of Rennes and 35 km (22 mi) south of Mont Saint-Michel.
The neighboring communes are Chauvigné, Saint-Marc-le-Blanc, Baillé, Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes, Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux, and Saint-Christophe-de-Valains.
Population
editInhabitants of Le Tiercent are called Tiercentois in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 252 | — |
| 1968 | 229 | −9.1% |
| 1975 | 220 | −3.9% |
| 1982 | 218 | −0.9% |
| 1990 | 184 | −15.6% |
| 1999 | 162 | −12.0% |
| 2009 | 175 | +8.0% |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Le Tiercent.
- Geography of Brittany
- The page of the commune on infobretagne.com
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
