La Martyre
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La Martyre Ar Merzher-Salaun |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | |
| Community association | Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 27 ′ N , 4 ° 10 ′ W | |
| height | 49-191 m | |
| surface | 18.01 km 2 | |
| Residents | 751 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 42 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29800 | |
| INSEE code | 29144 | |
| Website | http://www.lamartyre.fr/ | |
_Enclos_paroissial_01.JPG) Saint-Salomon church and gate to the parish with Calvaire |
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La Martyre ( Breton Ar Merzher-Salaun ) is a French commune with 751 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in western Brittany in the Finistère department .
geography
The place is located around 22 kilometers south of the Atlantic coast at the entrance to the English Channel . The city and port of Brest is 25 kilometers to the west and Paris about 480 kilometers to the east (as the crow flies ).
The neighboring municipalities are: La Roche-Maurice , Ploudiry , Le Tréhou , Tréflévénez , Saint-Urbain and Pencran .
history
The name of the place is said to go back to an event that is said to have taken place on June 25, 874: The Breton prince Solomon is said to have sought refuge in the church of the place while fleeing from his son-in-law and was murdered there. He is revered as a martyr , which is said to have given the place its name. The Church has him as its patron - Saint-Salomon .
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| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Residents | 509 | 527 | 575 | 580 | 596 | 771 | 751 |
traffic
At Landerneau and Landivisiau there are the next exits on the expressway E 50 towards Rennes and at Daoulas one on the E 60 towards Nantes .
Brest train station is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris and regional trains stop in Landerneau towards Morlaix / Rennes and Quimper / Nantes.
The Aéroport de Brest Bretagne regional airport is located near the city of Brest in Guipavas .
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in La Martyre
The enclosed parish of La Martyre from the 16th and 17th centuries is classified as a Monument historique . The Calvaire does not stand as a separate group here, but is arranged above the portal, around the balustrade. The high threshold of the side entrance, which, unlike the main portal, was always open, is also well preserved. The high threshold was intended to prevent stray pigs from devastating the cemetery.
Four colored stained glass windows from the 16th century have been preserved in the Saint-Salomon church (see: Passion window , Death of Mary , Root Jesse window ). An ossuary is attached to the church .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 991-994.
Web links
- Official website of the municipality (French)
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- ↑ nominis: Saint-Salomon ( French )
- ↑ INSEE ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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