Saint-Gildas Sant-Weltaz
Commune
The menhir of Keranhouët, in Saint-Gildas
Location of Saint-Gildas
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Coordinates: 48°25′23″N 3°00′07″W / 48.4231°N 3.0019°W / 48.4231; -3.0019
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Plélo
Intercommunality	Saint-Brieuc Armor
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Annie Simon[1]
Area 1	15.54 km2 (6.00 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	244
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22291 /22800
Elevation	195–286 m (640–938 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Gildas (Breton: Sant-Weltaz) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Gildas are called Gildasiens and Gildasiennes in French.

In legend and fiction

Breton legend connects Gildas with Brittany.^[3] The first book by the Irish writer Julia Kavanagh, Saint-Gildas, or, The Three Paths (1847) is largely set in the village in the eighteenth century.