Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon

Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ syʁ kwenɔ̃], literally Saint-Jean on Couesnon; Breton: Sant-Yann-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.

Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon Sant-Yann-ar-C'houenon
Part of Rives-du-Couesnon
The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon
Location of Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon
Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon
Coordinates: 48°17′29″N 1°21′57″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	Fougères-1
Commune	Rives-du-Couesnon
Area 1	18.32 km2 (7.07 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	1,214
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	35140
Elevation	47–122 m (154–400 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon is located 33 km (21 mi) northeast of Rennes and 45 km (28 mi) south of Mont Saint-Michel.

The neighboring communes are Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon, La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert, Vendel, Saint-Georges-de-Chesné, Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, and Mézières-sur-Couesnon.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	895	—
1968	826	−7.7%
1975	745	−9.8%
1982	729	−2.1%
1990	729	+0.0%
1999	863	+18.4%
2009	1,055	+22.2%
2019	1,214	+15.1%

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

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)