Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys

Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys (Breton: Lokentaz) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3] Inhabitants of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys are called in French Gildasiens.

Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys Lokentaz
Commune
Saint Gildas church
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
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Coordinates: 47°30′03″N 2°50′12″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Séné
Intercommunality	Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Layec[1]
Area 1	15.28 km2 (5.90 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,784
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56214 /56730
Elevation	0–42 m (0–138 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Its French name refers to Saint Gildas, who founded the abbey of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys on the Rhuys Peninsula in the 6th century. From 920 to 1008, the Norman raids forced the monks to bring the relics of the saint to the abbey of Saint-Gildas of Châteauroux that they founded under the protection of the prince Ebbes of Déols.

Burials

• Saint Gildas (d.570)
• Saint Felix of Rhuys (d.1038)
• Saint Goustan (also called Saint Gulstan, d.1040)
• Alienor de Bretagne, daughter of John I, Duke of Brittany (d.1249)
• Jeanne de Bretagne, daughter of John IV, Duke of Brittany (d.1388)

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department