Bignan (Morbihan)

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Bignan
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Bignan's coat of arms
Bignan (France)
Bignan
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Pontivy
Canton Moréac
Community association Center Morbihan Community
Coordinates 47 ° 53 ′  N , 2 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 53 ′  N , 2 ° 46 ′  W
height 53-181 m
surface 45.84 km 2
Residents 2,791 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 61 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56500
INSEE code 56017
Website http://mairie-bignan.fr/

Kerguéhennec Castle

Bignan ( Breton : Begnen ) is a French municipality with 2791 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .

geography

Bignan is located in the southern part of Brittany in the center of the Morbihan department and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.

Neighboring municipalities are Moréac and Saint-Allouestre in the north, Buléon in the northeast, Guéhenno in the east and southeast, Saint-Jean-Brévelay in the south, Colpo in the southwest and Moustoir-Ac and Locminé in the west.

The D1 runs through the village as a connection from Guémené-sur-Scorff via Locminé to Péaule on the southern border of Brittany and the D10 from Plumelec to Malestroit . The N24 from Lorient to Rennes is important for national traffic . This runs just north of the municipal boundary and a connection is guaranteed via Locminé.

The main bodies of water are the Claie river , the Keriolas stream and the Kérgroix pond .

history

Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro-Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the Bro Baod (French: Pays de Baud) area and shares its history.

The menhir of the village of Bézo and the gallery grave of Kergonpfalz bear witness to a prehistoric settlement. The area was later colonized by the Romans , a Roman road from Vannes to Corseul crossed the eastern end of the municipality. Remains of a Roman camp can be found in the north of the Bourg from the 19th century.

Guillaume de Bignan helped found the Prières monastery in 1252. The place is first mentioned in 1421 under the name Bingnen . Before the 15th century, Bignan belonged to the vice-county of Porhoët , then to the rule of Rohan . The Templars are said to have built several facilities in the area, including the Trinity Chapel.

During the French Revolution , Bignan was a center of the Chouannerie . Pierre Guillemot from Bignan, also known as the "King of Bignan", served as a lieutenant under Georges Cadoudal . From 1793 until its dissolution in 1801, Bignan was the capital of a canton of the same name. Since then, the municipality has been assigned to the canton of Saint-Jean-Brévelay. In 1835 the parish priest founded a religious community to teach young girls. In 1864 Bignan gave part of his parish land to the then newly founded parish of Colpo .

The Morbihan department acquired the Kerguéhennec property in 1972 and opened a contemporary art center here in 1986 .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Residents 2,061 2,067 2,227 2,446 2,567 2,546 2,549

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bignan (Morbihan)

  • Castle of Kerguéhennec (also called Versailles Brittany)
  • Village church of Saint Pierre et Saint Paul from 1787
  • Notre-Dame des Trois Fontaines et de Saint-Laurent chapel from the 16th century
  • Chapel of Sainte-Noyale in Bézo from the 16th century
  • Chapel de la Sainte Trinité near the castle of Kerguéhennec
  • Saint-Lubin Chapel in Sainte-Suzanne from the 17th century
  • Mansion Tréhardet from the 15th century in the same place
  • Calvary le voile de Véronique in Les Fontaines
  • Calvary of Kérmoël
  • Cross by Treulieuc from the 16th century
  • Griffon statue from the 17th century
  • Saint-Éloi fountain from the 16th century
  • Monument in honor of the Chouannerie
  • Megalithic systems of Kergonfalz a dolmen and a gallery grave .

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 927-932.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map with the municipalities of the Pays de Pontivy ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pays-pontivy.fr
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Histoire de la commune de Bignan. In: Topic Topos. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013 ; accessed on December 17, 2019 (French).
  3. ↑ History (French)
  4. ↑ Bignan on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
  5. ↑ Sights (French)

Web links

Commons : Bignan  - collection of images, videos and audio files