Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon

Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon (Breton: Sant-Marzh-ar-C'houenon) is a former commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rives-du-Couesnon.[2]

Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon Sant-Marzh-ar-C'houenon
Part of Rives-du-Couesnon
The town hall of Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon
Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon
Coordinates: 48°18′16″N 1°21′51″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	Fougères-1
Commune	Rives-du-Couesnon
Area ^1	12.05 km^2 (4.65 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	571
• Density	47/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	35140
Elevation	42–117 m (138–384 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon is located 35 km (22 mi) northeast of Rennes and 43 km (27 mi) south of Mont Saint-Michel.

The neighboring communes are Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes, Saint-Sauveur-des-Landes, La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert, Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon, Mézières-sur-Couesnon, and Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon are called médardais in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	491	—
1968	411	−16.3%
1975	339	−17.5%
1982	368	+8.6%
1990	402	+9.2%
1999	410	+2.0%
2009	500	+22.0%

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 17 October 2018 (in French)

External links

• 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)