Saint-Maudez Explained

Saint-Maudez
Native Name:Sant-Maodez
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr St Maudez.svg
Coordinates:48.4533°N -2.1811°W
Insee:22315
Postal Code:22980
Arrondissement:Dinan
Canton:Plancoët
Mayor:Fabrice Rivallan[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Dinan Agglomération
Elevation Min M:39
Elevation Max M:104
Area Km2:5.09

Saint-Maudez (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ mode/; Breton: Sant-Maodez) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. It is named after the Breton Saint Maudez.

History

St. Maudez is the tenth son of the King of Ireland Erelus (or Erelea or Ardea) and Gentuse or Getive, his wife. Saint-Maudez landed in Brittany, around 528, not far from Dol, with his sister Saint Juvette and two disciples, Saint Botmel and Saint Tudy.

Heraldic

Blazon = Carved: 1st of silver sown with shadows of ermine speckles with a line of azure, a lion gules crowned with gold debruising, 2nd of azure sown shadows of ermine speckles and at Saint Maudet bypassed halo issuant from the point and holding his episcopal crozier, all in shadow with the silver line.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Maudez are called maudéziens in French.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
  2. Web site: L'If millénaire de Saint-Maudez (Côtes d'Armor). 18 November 2010.
  3. Web site: Fontaines de France.
  4. https://www.geneanet.org/cartes-postales/view/6306989#0