Gosné

Gosné Gosnae (Gallo) Goneg (Breton)
Commune
Town hall
Location of Gosné
Gosné Gosné
Coordinates: 48°14′49″N 1°27′49″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
Canton	Fougères-1
Intercommunality	Liffré-Cormier Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Dupire
Area 1	18.14 km2 (7.00 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,051
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35121 /35140
Elevation	53–114 m (174–374 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gosné (French pronunciation: [ɡone]; Breton: Goneg; Gallo: Gosnae) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

International relations

It is twinned with Ballyheigue in County Kerry, Ireland.

Population

Inhabitants of Gosné are called Gosnéens in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 976 —     1800 886 −1.37% 1806 906 +0.37% 1821 976 +0.50% 1831 1,025 +0.49% 1836 1,025 +0.00% 1841 1,002 −0.45% 1846 1,101 +1.90% 1851 1,197 +1.69% 1856 1,237 +0.66% 1861 1,257 +0.32% 1866 1,297 +0.63% 1872 1,270 −0.35% 1876 1,225 −0.90% 1881 1,198 −0.44% 1886 1,221 +0.38% 1891 1,213 −0.13% 1896 1,161 −0.87%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,178 +0.29% 1906 1,203 +0.42% 1911 1,176 −0.45% 1921 1,033 −1.29% 1926 1,017 −0.31% 1931 986 −0.62% 1936 950 −0.74% 1946 949 −0.01% 1954 935 −0.19% 1962 918 −0.23% 1968 817 −1.92% 1975 875 +0.98% 1982 1,014 +2.13% 1990 1,195 +2.07% 1999 1,380 +1.61% 2007 1,622 +2.04% 2012 1,851 +2.68% 2017 1,991 +1.47%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Geography

Gosné is located at 24 km (15 mi) in the North-East of Rennes and at 49 km (30 mi) in the south of the Mont Saint-Michel.

The bordering communes are Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, Liffré, and Ercé-près-Liffré.

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

External links

• Geography of Brittany (in French)
• The page of the commune on infobretagne.com (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)