Merillac

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Mérillac
Merelieg
Mérillac (France)
Merillac
region Brittany
Department Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Saint-Brieuc
Canton Broons
Community association Loudéac Community - Bretagne Center
Coordinates 48 ° 15 ′  N , 2 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ′  N , 2 ° 24 ′  W
height 108-188 m
surface 13.86 km 2
Residents 233 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 22230
INSEE code 22148

Saint-Pierre church

Mérillac ( Breton : Merelieg ) is a French commune with 233 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc and the canton of Broons . The residents call themselves Mérillaciens / Mérillaciennes .

geography

Mérillac is located about 40 kilometers southeast of Saint-Brieuc and about 52 kilometers southwest of Saint-Malo in the southeast of the Côtes-d'Armor department.

history

Mérillac was first mentioned by name as Merillac in 1427.

Smaller finds from the Gallo-Roman period show the first human settlement at this time.

The parish was part of the Broons district from 1793 to 1801. It was also part of the canton of Langourla from 1793 to 1801 and part of the canton of Merdrignac from 1801 to 2015 . From 1801 to 1926 Mérillac was administratively assigned to the Arrondissement Loudéac. The municipality has been part of the Dinan arrondissement since 1926.

Population development

year 1793 1806 1821 1841 1896 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 619 585 836 632 801 441 385 341 337 267 241 235 239
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

The increasing mechanization of agriculture and the high number of those who died in the First World War led to a drop in the number of inhabitants to the lows of recent times.

Attractions

  • Village church Saint-Pierre (built 1860–1863)
  • Cross in the village cemetery from the 15th century
  • Cross in the old village cemetery from the 16th century
  • old houses in La Morguenais (17th / 18th century) and La Ville-ès-Bosquiaux (1760)
  • Memorial to the Fallen

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 715-716.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the sights (French) ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 / fr.topic-topos.com
  2. ↑ Memorial to the fallen of the two world wars