Saint-Étienne-en-Coglès: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Historical details can be found in Saint-Étienne-en-Coglès at chapels, wayside crosses and houses. The Chapelle Saint-Eustache is a 17th-century chapel dedicated to Saint Eustace, standing in an isolated location on the edge of the former road to Fougères.

Culture and History

The Croix Gourgou is notable for its two niches arranged one above the other, containing figures of the Virgin Mary. The Croix de la Frénouse, the work of a wheelwright, is attached to the gable end of a house and bears the Instruments of the Passion of Christ. The house at 28 rue Charles de Gaulle appears to date from the late 16th century and has a stair tower on the rear façade. In the house on rue du Verger, a door and the window above it, with chamfered surrounds, preserve traces of the original 16th-century building.

Local Flavours

Saint-Étienne-en-Coglès is home to the Biscuiterie La Mère Poulard, with a delicatessen boutique attached to the local production site.

Surroundings and Landscape

The historic sites of Fougères Castle, Our Lady Gate, Nichot Tower and Papegaud Tower are located around Saint-Étienne-en-Coglès. The La vallée de la Minette hiking trail from Saint-Étienne-en-Coglès follows the Ruisseau de la Piquellerais.

In the wider regional surroundings of Saint-Étienne-en-Coglès are Mont-Saint-Michel as a beach and Mont Saint-Michel as an island.

More local pages: Bécherel, Québriac, Guichen, Lillemer, Baulon, Vern-Sur-Seiche, Vieux-Viel, La Bazouge-Du-Désert

For the higher-level travel overview: Ille-Et-Vilaine.