Plessala
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| local community | Le Mené | |
| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 17 ′ N , 2 ° 37 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 22330 | |
| Former INSEE code | 22191 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Mairie Plessala |
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Plessala ( Gallo : Ploesala , Breton Plesala ) is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune of Le Mené with 1,677 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany . The inhabitants are called Plessaliens / Plessaliennes .
geography
Plessala is located about 29 kilometers south-southeast of Saint-Brieuc and about 60 kilometers southwest of Saint-Malo in the center of the Côtes-d'Armor department.
history
As finds of stone axes from the Neolithic Age prove, the place has been settled for a long time. In addition, gold coins and a bronze deer figure from Gallo-Roman times were excavated. An Olivier de Plesala is mentioned in a deed of gift to Boquen Abbey in 1255. During the French Revolution, fierce fighting broke out between the Chouans and government troops. In 1828, the municipality ceded numerous hamlets to the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Gilles-du-Mené and Saint-Gouéno . The parish was part of the Loudéac district from 1793 to 1801. From 1801 to 1926 it was part of the Arrondissement Loudéac and has been part of the Arrondissement Saint-Brieuc ever since. And from 1793 to 2015 it was a municipality in the canton of Plouguenast .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the merger of all seven municipalities of the community association Communauté de communes du Mené resulted in the new municipality Le Mené , to which Plessala belongs. The municipality of Plessala belonged to the arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc and the canton of Plénée-Jugon .
Population development
From 1793 until the beginning of the First World War, the community always had more than 3,000 inhabitants. Due to the high number of those killed in the First World War and the flu wave of 1918, the population fell by 572 between 1911 and 1921 (1911-1921: -16.1%). And thus for the first time below the 3,000 inhabitant mark. Between 1931 and the turn of the millennium, rural exodus followed for decades (1931-1999: -39%). In recent years, the population has leveled off at 1,800-1,900 people.
| year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1856 | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 |
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| Residents | 3,438 | 3,095 | 3,326 | 3,232 | 3,300 | 3,256 | 3,251 | 3,321 | 3,324 | 3,353 | 3,491 | 3,537 | 3,427 | 3,515 | 3,367 | 3,302 | 3,440 | 3,358 |
| year | 1901 | 1906 | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Residents | 3,430 | 3,492 | 3,548 | 2,976 | 3,018 | 2.983 | 2,864 | 2,597 | 2,371 | 2.233 | 2,071 | 2,055 | 1,979 | 1,882 | 1,821 | 1,822 | 1,866 | 1,834 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE from 1962
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre village church (built 1845/1846)
- Chapel Notre-Dame de la Hautière 17th century
- Chapel of Sainte-Élisabeth in Saint-Udy (oldest parts from the 16th century)
- several crosses: a stone cross from the Middle Ages, a wayside cross between Plessala and Longuerais (17th century) and crosses in Livoyer (1770), la Basse-Ville, Villeneuve (1789), Le Bois-Batailly (17th century) and la Hautière (18th century)
- several mansions: Manoir Livoyer (built 1628), Manoir de Crénolle (also Crénol; 17th / 18th century) and Manoir de Kerdreux (18th century)
- House of la Hautière from 1693
- Estates Fermes du Bois-Batailly (18th century) and Fermes of Longuenaies from 1616
- former school of la Hautière
- Sainte-Élisabeth fountain
- Saint-Pierre village fountain next to the village church
- 17 mills in total, including the Gros-Chêne mill from 1628
- two lavoirs (wash houses) at the village church and in La Ville-Mérantel (18th century)
- 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. 1060-1062.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description of the sights (French) ( Memento of the original from September 25, 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.
- ↑ Memorial to the Fallen
