Le Croisty
Le Croisty (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Le Croisty are called in French Croistyates. Toponymy From the breton kroaz which means cross and ty which means house. Le Croisty can be translated as the house of the cross. In the past, the village belonged to the Knights Hospitaller. Geography Le Croisty is located east of Pontivy, north of Lorient and northwest of Vannes. Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet. Le Croisty is border by Priziac to the west, by Saint-Tugdual to the north, by Ploërdut to the east and by Saint-Caradec-Trégomel to the south. Apart from the village centre, there are about fifty hamlets. Most of the hamlets consist of two or three houses but others are larger like the village of Cornhospital. Map History Le Croisty was created as a new commune in 1903. Before that, it came within the administrative area of the village of Saint-Tugdual. Population See also Communes of the Morbihan department References External links Official site Mayors of Morbihan Association Communes of Morbihan