Buléon

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Buléon
Buelion
Buléon coat of arms
Buléon (France)
Buléon
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Pontivy
Canton Moréac
Community association Center Morbihan Community
Coordinates 47 ° 56 ′  N , 2 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 56 ′  N , 2 ° 41 ′  W
height 89-149 m
surface 12.27 km 2
Residents 534 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 44 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56420
INSEE code
Website https://www.buleon.fr/

Buléon ( Breton : Buelion ) is a French municipality with 534 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .

geography

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

Neighboring communities are Lantillac in the north, Guégon in the east, Guéhenno in the south-east and south, Bignan in the south-west, Saint-Allouestre in the west and Radenac in the north-west.

The D165 as a connection from Radenac to Plumelec and the D155 from Saint-Jean-Brévelay to Ménéac run through the village . The N24 from Lorient to Rennes is important for national traffic . This runs right through the community. Buléon has its own connection.

The two streams of Sainte-Anne and Ruisseau de la Ville are the main bodies of water in the municipality.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Residents 546 523 540 509 492 424 436

history

Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro-Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the area of ​​Reter Bro Gwened (French: Vannetais oriental) and shares its history. From 1801 until its dissolution on September 10, 1926, it belonged to the Arrondissement of Ploërmel. From 1793 until its dissolution in 1801, Buléon belonged to the canton of Bignan. Since then, the municipality has been assigned to the canton of Saint-Jean-Brévelay.

Attractions

Chapel of Sainte-Anne

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Buléon

  • Village center, called Le Bourg
  • Church Ste-Brigitte-St-Georges (integrated partial remains of the previous church) from 1863 with cross in the 17th century
  • Chapel Sainte-Anne from the 16th century in the town of the same name
  • 19th century castle of la Ferrière
  • La Ferrière windmill

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 934-935.

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. Buléon on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
  3. Sights of the community ( Memento of the original of June 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fr.topic-topos.com

Web links

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