Sévignac

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'''Sévignac''' ({{IPA|fr|seviɲak}}; {{langx|br|Sevinieg}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Côtes-d'Armor]] [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] in northwestern [[France]].

==Toponymy==

The name of the locality is attested in the forms ''Plebs Seminiaca'' in 869,<ref>In a chart from the Abbey of Redon from 29 novembre 869.</ref> ''Sivingac'' in 1212, ''Sevinar'' in 1218, ''Syvignac'' in 1239, ''Sevignac'' in 1256, 1262, and in 1266, ''Sivingnac'' in 1269, ''Sevignac'' in 1271, ''Seguignac'' in 1278, ''Sevignac'' in 1289, Saint ''Vingac'' in 1303, and ''Sevignac'' around 1330 and in 1340.<ref name=infobretagne>{{cite web|title=Étymologie et Histoire de Sévignac|url=http://www.infobretagne.com/sevignac.htm|author=infobretagne.com}}</ref>

Sévignac comes from the [[Latin]] name ''Sabinius'' (a name of a veteran of the [[Roman legion]] who was awarded for his bravery around the time of [[Christ]]), and the [[Gaul]]ish suffix ''acos''.

However, it should not be overlooked that in the name Sévignac ''(Seminiacum)'' one finds the form ''sem(i)nio'' which means "throat".

==History==

The origin of Sévignac dates back to the Gallo-Roman era.

One estate was awarded to Sabinius, a veteran of the Roman legion, at the 1st time of the Christian era, as a reward for his bravery. Such allocations were made at a time when, as a result of a demographic decline, a shortage of labor left a number of undeveloped lands.

Sévignac is mentioned under the name of ''Plebs Seminiaca'' in a charter from the abbey of [[Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine|Redon]] dating from November 29, 869 which mentions that [[Kingantdreh]], daughter of [[Louvenan]], gives by inheritance the parish of Sévignac to [[Salomon, King of Brittany]], her adoptive son.

In the twelfth century, the [[Cistercians|Cistercian]] monks of [[Boquen]] built a barn and farm inhabited by lay people, which led to the prosperity to the [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of [[Pengave]] and [[Pengly]], as well as the construction of the [[Chapel of Saint Cado]].

The [[château]]x of [[Limoëlan]], of the eleventh century and the eighteenth century, are built on the site of the former lordship owned by the family of [[Rousselot]].

Sévignac saw the birth of the last bishop of [[Tréguier]], [[Augustin-René-Louis Le Mintier]] (1729-1801), as well as [[Joseph Picot de Limoëlan]], one of the perpetrators of the [[Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise]] to kill [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] and his wife.

On the eve of the [[French Revolution]], more than ten priests provided religious guidance within Sévignac. Under the [[First French Empire]], Sévignac was populated by around 3,000 villagers, most of which were farmers. The town experienced strong depopulation at the end of the nineteenth century into the twentieth century.

==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left| 1962|1282| 1968|1507| 1975|1307| 1982|1177| 1990|1075| 1999|1042| 2008|1110 }}

Inhabitants of Sévignac are called ''sévignacais'' in French.

==See also== *[[Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} * [http://www.sevignac.fr Official website of Sévignac] *{{Search Mérimée|22337}}

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