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Brec'h
Coat of arms of Brech
Brech (France)
Break
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Lorient
Canton Pluvigner
Community association Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Coordinates 47 ° 43 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  W
height 0-66 m
surface 40.86 km 2
Residents 6,637 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 162 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56400
INSEE code 56023
Website www.brech.fr

The so-called Ecomuseum of Saint-Degan

Crushing is a French municipality with 6637 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the arrondissement of Lorient and the canton of Pluvigner . The inhabitants are called Bréchois (e) .

geography

Brech is on the Crac'h and Auray rivers . Brech is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pluvigner in the north, Plumergat and Pluneret in the east, Auray and Crach in the south, Ploemel in the south-west, Locoal-Mendon in the west and Landaul in the north-west.

Route Nationale 165 runs through the municipality .

history

From 1364 to 1791 a Carthusian monastery existed here. A memorial was erected by the Carthusians in 1382 to commemorate the Battle of Auray .

Population development

  • 1793: 2.091
  • 1836: 2,314
  • 1911: 2,493
  • 1946: 3,219
  • 1954: 3,062
  • 1962: 2,922
  • 1968: 2,909
  • 1975: 3.079
  • 1982: 3,554
  • 1990: 3,990
  • 1999: 4,500
  • 2006: 5,948
  • 2011: 6,540

Attractions

Saint-Quirin Chapel
Saint-André church

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Brech

  • Saint-André church from the 12th century
  • Chapels
    • Saint-Quirin from the 17th century, monument historique since 1993
    • Saint Goal
    • Notre-Dame des Fleurs from the 18th century
    • Saint-Jacques, built in 1464, monument historique since 1946
    • Notre-Dame de Grâce from the 16th century, monument historique since 1933
    • Notre-Dame de la Route, built in 1963
  • Monumental cross in the Brech cemetery from the 17th century, Monument historique since 1934
  • Mills at Estaing (from the 15th century) and from Treuroux
  • Roman bridge between the villages of Kerglas and Kerberluet from the Gallo-Roman period

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 699-703.

Web links

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