Ploudiry

Ploudiry
region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch
Community association	Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas
Coordinates	48 ° 27 ′ N , 4 ° 9 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 27 ′ N , 4 ° 9 ′ W
height	23-191 m
surface	27.19 km 2
Residents	952 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	35 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	29800
INSEE code	29180
	; Saint Pierre Church and Ossuary of Ploudiry

Ploudiry ( Plouziri in Breton ) is a French commune with 952 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in western Brittany in the Finistère department and belongs to the canton of Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch .

location

The place is located around 25 kilometers south of the Atlantic coast at the entrance to the English Channel . The city and port of Brest is 26 kilometers to the west and Paris about 470 kilometers to the east (as the crow flies ).

history

The parish was first mentioned in writing in 1173 under the name Ploediri .

Population development
year	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2009	2017
Residents	770	677	736	822	808	896	952

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 .

Attractions

The parish of Ploudiry is made of two-tone granite. The parish church of Saint-Pierre was built in its current form between 1854 and 1857 after the tower collapsed in 1850 and destroyed part of the church. Of the previous church, only the porch from 1655 remained.

The Calvaire is here in the cemetery. The ossuary from 1635 is classified as a monument historique .

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 995-998.

Web links

Commons : Ploudiry - collection of pictures, videos and audio files