Saint-Marc-le-Blanc

Saint-Marc-le-Blanc (Breton: Sant-Mezar-Elvinieg) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Baillé was merged into Saint-Marc-le-Blanc.[2]

Saint-Marc-le-Blanc Sant-Mezar-Elvinieg
Commune
The town hall of Saint-Marc-le-Blanc
Location of Saint-Marc-le-Blanc
Saint-Marc-le-Blanc Show map of France Saint-Marc-le-Blanc Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 48°21′55″N 1°24′30″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	Antrain
Intercommunality	Couesnon Marches de Bretagne
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Alain Besnier
Area ^1	22.76 km^2 (8.79 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,396
• Density	61/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35292 /35460
Elevation	60–121 m (197–397 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint-Marc-le-Blanc is located 39 km (24 mi) northeast of Rennes and 33 km (21 mi) south of Mont Saint-Michel.

The adjacent communes are Saint-Brice-en-Coglès, Baillé, Le Tiercent, Chauvigné, and Tremblay.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Marc-le-Blanc are called marcblaisiens in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,186	—
1968	1,163	−1.9%
1975	1,098	−5.6%
1982	1,114	+1.5%
1990	1,108	−0.5%
1999	1,086	−2.0%
2009	1,259	+15.9%

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Arrêté préfectoral 17 October 2018 (in French)

• Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association (in French)

External links

• Geography of Brittany
• The page of the commune on infobretagne.com
• French Ministry of Culture list for Saint-Marc-le-Blanc (in French)