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Quistinic

Field	Value
name	Quistinic
native name	Kistinid
commune status	Commune
image	France - Morbihan - Quistinic - Poul Fétan.jpg
caption	The village of Poul-Fetan
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr Quistinic (Morbihan).svg
coordinates
INSEE	56188
postal code	56310
arrondissement	Lorient
canton	Guidel
mayor	Antoine Pichon
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
elevation min m	20
elevation max m	177
area km2	42.95
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Quistinic (Morbihan).svg

Quistinic (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Its sister city is the rural village of Loughshinny, which is in County Dublin, Ireland.

Population

The inhabitants of Quistinic are called Quistinicois in French.

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Toponymy

Quistinic is a word in the Breton language. It means "Chestnut Forest".

Geography

thumb|left|The Blavet valley in Quistinic The village centre is located 25 km northeast of Lorient, 39 km northwest of Vannes and 110 km west of Rennes. Historically, Quistinic belongs to the Vannetais. The river Blavet forms the commune's eastern and southern borders. The neighborhood of the hamlet of Poul Fetan, in Quistinic, offers a nice view over the Blavet valley. Quistinic is characterised by a bocage landscape.

Neighboring communes

Quistinic is border by Bubry and Melrand to the north, by Saint-Barthélemy and Baud to the east, by Languidic to the south and by Lanvaudan to the west.

Map

Village of Poul-Fétan

**** which etymologically means "Lavoir (wash-house) of the fountain" () is an historical center that is located within Quistinic. This hamlet, originating in the sixteenth century, has been completely restored with traditional materials. The houses are covered with thatching, and the old lavoir and the ancient hemp rusting containers are present. Visitors can notably enter the Longère located in a farmhouse and witness an interior of the early twentieth century reconstituted and observe the craftsmen at work showing their expertise.

Gallery

File:Quistinic (56) Chapelle de Locmaria 01.JPG|Chapel of Locmaria File:Villeneuve Jacquelot Quistinic.JPG| Villeneuve-Jacquelot castle File:Quistinic_maison_niches_à_pigeons.jpg|Old house in the village centre File:Quistinic_monument_aux_morts.jpg|Monument erected in memory of the victims of the twentieth century wars.

References

(7 July 2020). "Maires du Morbihan". Préfecture du Morbihan.
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56188-quistinic INSEE commune file]
[https://www.jumelage-feteducidre.fr/ Jumelage Quistinic-Loughshinny-Sumène]
{{Cassini-Ehess. 28519. Quistinic
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-56188#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
Dubost, Jean-Michel. (1980). "Restauration du village de Poul-Fetan en Quistinic [Morbihan]".

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