Billiers

Beler is a redirect to this article. For the English judge and civil servant, see Roger Beler .

Billiers
region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Muzillac
Community association	Arc Sud Brittany
Coordinates	47 ° 32 ′  N , 2 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 32 ′  N , 2 ° 29 ′  W
height	0-29 m
surface	5.87 km 2
Residents	959 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	163 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	56190
INSEE code	56018
Website	http://www.billiers.fr

Billiers ( Breton Beler ) is a French municipality with 959 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It is part of the Communauté de communes Arc Sud Bretagne .

geography

The most important districts are Penlan , located directly on the coast, and the main town of Billiers, located at the mouth of the Saint-Éloi River .

Neighboring communities are Ambon in the west and Muzillac in the northeast.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
Residents	650	714	804	781	760	705	910

Source: INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Billiers

• The former abbey church of the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Prières , built in 1252
• From the Neolithic originating Dolmen du Crapaud and Dolmen of the Grays .
• The approximately 18.0 m high lighthouse of Penlan, located at the tip of the peninsula of the same name

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  Dolmen du Crapaud

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  Penlan lighthouse

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  Port of Billiers at Saint-Eloi

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  Cairn des Grays

Culture

Several artists have settled in Billiers and their works are regularly exhibited. The Moul'stock Festival for improvised music has been held in the summer since 2006 . Billiers also has its own community library.

Infrastructure

Billiers is about three kilometers from the motorway-like N 165, which leads from Nantes via Vannes to Brest . The nearest train stations are in Vannes and Questembert .

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 614-617.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} L 'agenda de la Ville de Billiers - Site officiel de la mairie de Billiers . billiers.fr. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
2. ↑ Ministére de la culture - Mérimée . culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
3. ↑ Zic'o bourg présente Moul'stock . moulstock.com. Retrieved February 13, 2011.