Saint-Armel (Morbihan)

Geography

Located on the peninsula of Rhuys at about fifteen km of Valves, this littoral commune borders the Gulf of Morbihan and has several islands on its territory. The Island Tascon is inhabited, it is accessible to low tide by a discovering road which is in very bad condition.

History

The common one was created in 1859, it counted 659 inhabitants with his creation. It formed part of Sarzeau before. In 1860 a school is created, initially by renting a house in the center of the borough (currently Guyon coffee) then the municipal council buys this building in 1868. In 1907 a " véritable" school is built what makes it possible to open a class for the girls.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

the salt-water Marshes of Saint-Armel : The site of Lasné with Saint-Armel had not known any more since more than one century, salt gathered artisanalement. Transformed into clear oyster about 1925, the marshes of Lasné fed out of clear oysters the famous restorer Parisian Prunier.Ces which made it possible to refine flat oysters were little by little abandoned after the second world war (profitability in fall due to a work nonwhich can be mechanized combined with the rural migration) and their natural evolution in the long term involved their filling by the vegetable remains and mudbanks. With the beginning of the year 80 some oyster culturists of the peninsula of Rhuys, gathered in GIE, try to start again the activity following the acquisition of the marsh by the General advice. In 1988 a breeding of oyster clam and shrimp is set up then which allow a repairing and a maintenance of some clear additional. In 1996, this owner builds a farm building and another oyster culturist in built a second. He also gives him in state of clear to oysters. Since 2003, with the assistance of the General advice of Morbihan (owner of the site since 1978), the white gold makes its return in Presqu'île of Rhuys, at the edge of the Golfe of Morbihan. Olivier Chenelle is the Paludier.

the island Bailleron shelters a station of biological research of the university, very seldom currently occupied

the marsh of Ludré was one of the first French site of ostreiculture about the years 1870, the large buildings present were used as mill at tide then of factory of litter containing zoostères dried (sea plant with roots). During queques years, they sheltered a private zoo.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Morbihan

External bonds

Saint-Armel on the site of the national geographical Institute
Saint-Armel on the site of INSEE
Saint-Armel on the site of Quid
Localization of Saint-Armel on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Saint-Armel on Mapquest
salt-water Marshes of Saint-Armel

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