Saint-Cast-le-Guildo
Saint-Cast-le-Guildo (Breton: Sant-Kast-ar-Gwildoù, Gallo: Saent-Cast-le-Giledo) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. It is port city on the English Channel as it also has a nautical center, the Centre Nautique de Saint- Cast (CNSC) ranked 3rd to 6th in the nation.
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Location of Saint-Cast-le-Guildo 
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| Coordinates: 48°37′48″N 2°15′24″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Dinan |
| Canton | Pléneuf-Val-André |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Matignon |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Josiane Allory |
| Area 1 | 22.63 km2 (8.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 3,315 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22282 /22380 |
| Elevation | 0–76 m (0–249 ft) |
| Website | tourist office |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The classical pianist Irène Aïtoff (1904–2006) was born in Saint-Cast.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 1,232 | — |
| 1800 | 1,168 | −5.2% |
| 1806 | 1,384 | +18.5% |
| 1821 | 1,444 | +4.3% |
| 1831 | 1,481 | +2.6% |
| 1836 | 1,402 | −5.3% |
| 1841 | 1,421 | +1.4% |
| 1846 | 1,476 | +3.9% |
| 1851 | 1,558 | +5.6% |
| 1856 | 1,511 | −3.0% |
| 1861 | 1,400 | −7.3% |
| 1866 | 1,499 | +7.1% |
| 1872 | 1,380 | −7.9% |
| 1876 | 1,516 | +9.9% |
| 1881 | 1,592 | +5.0% |
| 1886 | 1,553 | −2.4% |
| 1891 | 1,626 | +4.7% |
| 1896 | 1,717 | +5.6% |
| 1901 | 1,717 | +0.0% |
| 1906 | 1,864 | +8.6% |
| 1911 | 2,076 | +11.4% |
| 1921 | 2,013 | −3.0% |
| 1926 | 2,166 | +7.6% |
| 1931 | 2,263 | +4.5% |
| 1936 | 2,201 | −2.7% |
| 1946 | 2,330 | +5.9% |
| 1954 | 2,159 | −7.3% |
| 1962 | 2,179 | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 2,227 | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 3,105 | +39.4% |
| 1982 | 3,165 | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 3,093 | −2.3% |
| 1999 | 3,187 | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 3,487 | +9.4% |
Inhabitants of Saint-Cast-le-Guildo are called castins in French.
History
The Battle of St Cast took place on September 11, 1758, when the French repelled the English. The English first attacked the region of Dinard by sea, but were stopped at the Rance by the Vauban fortifications. They were forced to retreat to their fleet in front of St-Cast, where Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu was waiting for them and launched an attack on the beach while the British were fleeing back onto their vessels. The casualties were heavy for the British army as they lost 1,160 soldiers: the French lost about 445 men Today there is a monument in the Bourg (neighborhood of St-Cast) showing a greyhound defeating a lion; the Castins defeating a lion (the English symbol).
Food
Saint-Cast has a lot of typical food from Brittany, such as the Kouign-amann, or the specialty from St-Cast, le Castin, which is originally what we call people from there, or in this case the cake.
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
External links
- Tourist office website (in French)
- Official city website
- French Ministry of Culture list for Saint-Cast-le-Guildo (in French)
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