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.

Saint-Cast-le-Guildo

Sant-Kast-ar-Gwildoù
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Cast-le-Guildo
Saint-Cast-le-Guildo
Saint-Cast-le-Guildo
Coordinates: 48°37′48″N 2°15′24″W
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentCôtes-d'Armor
ArrondissementDinan
CantonPléneuf-Val-André
IntercommunalityPays de Matignon
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Josiane Allory
Area
1
22.63 km2 (8.74 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,315
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
22282 /22380
Elevation0–76 m (0–249 ft)
Websitetourist 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
YearPop.±%
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
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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