Malestroit

Commune in Brittany, France

Malestroit Malastred
Commune
Bouffay Square in Malestroit
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Malestroit
(2020–2026)		Bruno Gicquello^[1]
Area ¹	5.81 km² (2.24 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,509
• Density	430/km² (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56124 /56140
Elevation	10–95 m (33–312 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Malestroit (French pronunciation: [maletʁwa]; Breton: Malastred) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3] The town is on the river Oust and part of the Nantes-Brest canal. It has several half-timbered houses.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,483	—
1975	2,506	+0.13%
1982	2,465	−0.24%
1990	2,357	−0.56%
1999	2,472	+0.53%
2007	2,478	+0.03%
2012	2,497	+0.15%
2017	2,456	−0.33%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Tourism

Malestroit is on the Nantes-Brest canal, which is no longer completely navigable. However, the section through the town is over 200 km long, and barges moor up near the centre of Malestroit. It is possible to hire a boat to explore the waterway. The nearby village of Saint-Marcel houses a museum dedicated to the Breton Resistance movement where a battle against the Nazis took place and was won by the Resistance fighters.^[6]

Twinning

Malestroit, whose inhabitants are known in French as Malestroyens, is twinned with the town of Jedburgh in the United Kingdom.^[7]

References

^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ "Malestroit". Brittany tourism. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Malestroit Property Listings and Info". www.frenchpropertylinks.com. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
^ "Welcome to Jedburgh and District Twinning Association | Online Borders". onlineborders.org.uk. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Malestroit.

Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
Guide to Malestroit and Property in the Area (in English)