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词条 La Vraie-Croix
释义

  1. Geography

  2. History

  3. Demographics

  4. Sites and monuments

  5. Green spaces

  6. See also

  7. References

  8. External links

{{Infobox French commune
|name = La Vraie-Croix
|native name = Langroez
|commune status = Commune
|image = La-Vraie-Croix-Mairie.jpg
|caption = The town hall in La-Vraie-Croix
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr La Vraie-Croix (Morbihan).svg
|coordinates = {{coord|47.6906|-2.5417|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 56261
|postal code = 56250
|arrondissement = Vannes
|canton = Questembert
|mayor = Monique Danion
|term = 2008–2014
|intercommunality = Pays de Questembert
|elevation min m = 60
|elevation max m = 151
|area km2 = 16.63
|population = 1263
|population date = 2006
}}

La Vraie-Croix ({{Lang-br|Langroez}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. Its inhabitants are called Langroëziens after the Breton name for the commune.

Geography

Located in the countryside at the edge of the Lanvaux heathland, La Vraie-Croix is a hilly area with many footpaths which offer attractive views.

History

The name La Vraie-Croix ({{Lang-en|The True Cross}}) comes from a knight of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem who, returning from a crusade, carried with a fragment of the True Cross. He stopped in the town during this journey. He returned the next day and saw that the fragment had disappeared. The piece was subsequently found in a crow's nest on top of a hawthorn bush.

The townspeople removed it, but the next day the fragment was back in the crow's nest. They saw it was a sign, and the people decided to build a chapel at the site of the tree to house the relic.

Demographics

{{Demography
|1962= 630
|1968= 666
|1975= 723
|1982= 835
|1990= |1068

1999= 1068


|2006= 1263
|withoutdoublecount= 1968|source=INSEE[1]}}

Sites and monuments

The small village church to this day houses a reliquary which contains a piece of the True Cross.

Green spaces

La Vraie-Croix is renowned for its floral decoration which is organised by the people of the village and which has won numerous awards. Indeed, this county has received a national award several times, as well as a European first prize. For many years the village has achieved a rating of four flowers (the maximum possible) and the grand prize in the Concours des villes et villages fleuris (Cities and villages in bloom competition).[2]

See also

  • Communes of the Morbihan department

References

1. ^La Vrai-Croix on the Insee Website {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010085435/http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C |date=2007-10-10 }}
2. ^Link to competition website {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523153410/http://www.villes-et-villages-fleuris.com/leconcours/palmaresdep/P56.htm |date=2009-05-23 }}

External links

{{commonscat}}
  • Mayors of Morbihan Association {{Fr icon}}
  • INSEE commune file
  • French Ministry of Culture list for La Vraie-Croix {{Fr icon}}
  • Official page of La Vraie-Croix {{Fr icon}}
  • Histoire et Patrimoine {{Fr icon}}
  • Chapelles du Pays Vannetais {{Fr icon}}
  • Photos of chapels in Brittany - Photos de chapelles en Bretagne
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1 : Communes of Morbihan

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