Canton Auray Area 4.97 km² | Intercommunality Pays d'Auray Local time Wednesday 4:15 AM | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind S at 14 km/h, 80% Humidity | ||
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray (Breton: Santez-Anna-Wened) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
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Map of 56400 Sainte-Anne-d'Auray, France
Demographics
Inhabitants of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray are called in French Saintannois.
Breton language
In 2008, 10,82% of all children in the area attended bilingual schools in primary education.
Culture
The most notable feature of the village is the large Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray, which is a major site of pilgrimage. Saint Anne is the patron saint of Brittany. The Basilica was built in the mid-nineteenth century to replace an earlier church which had housed an ancient statue of Anne. The statue was said to have been miraculously discovered by Yves Nicolazic, a local peasant, who claimed to have had visions from the saint asking him to build a church in her honour. The statue was destroyed during the French Revolution. In the gardens is a large war memorial to Breton victims of World War I, containing sculptures by Jules-Charles Le Bozec. A large statue of Henri, comte de Chambord, the last significant Bourbon claimant to the monarchy of France, is at the end of the road leading to the now-disused railway station.