Plouzévédé
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Plouzévédé Gwitevede |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix | |
| Canton | Landivisiau | |
| Community association | Pays de Landivisiau | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 36 ′ N , 4 ° 7 ′ W | |
| height | 40-106 m | |
| surface | 18.51 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,766 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 95 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29440 | |
| INSEE code | 29213 | |
 Notre-Dame de Berven chapel |
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Plouzévédé ( Breton Gwitevede) is a French municipality with 1766 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Finistère in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the Pays de Landivisiau municipal association .
geography
Plouzévédé is located in the Pays de Léon , 19 kilometers northeast of Landerneau , between Saint-Vougay in the west and Trézilidé in the east. The Guillec flows through the municipality. The hamlets of Berven, Kerouez, Meslin, Lanrioul and Kervigodou belong to the municipality.
history
The place name is composed of the Breton word ploe , " parish ", and the name of the local saint Tévédé . Tévédé is said to have been a student of Paulinus Aurelianus († around 573). In the Middle Ages, the parishes of Tréflaouénan and Trézilidé belonged to the parish of Plouzévédé. A local legend also says that Saint Herveus (6th century) was born in the hamlet of Lanrioul.
During the Chouannerie in the Pays de Leon in March 1793, Berven was one of the rebels' gathering points.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1572 | 1570 | 1543 | 1461 | 1416 | 1353 | 1573 | 1766 |
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Attractions
A prehistoric stele southeast of the town center was provided with a Christian cross in the 16th or 17th century and is now used as a field cross .
The chapel in the hamlet of Berven is a place of pilgrimage for children with gait disorders . The chapel was built from 1567 to 1575. In front of the chapel there is a basin with a holy spring . The building was classified as a Monument historique in 1909 , the source in 1968.
The mansion de Kerham was 1729 instead of a chapel built in the 16th century. It is privately owned.
economy
Important occupations in Plouzévédé are agriculture and the breeding of domestic cattle , there is also a tree nursery on site.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 1079-1084.
Web links
- Photos of the Notre-Dame-de-Berven chapel in the Base Mémoire (French)
- Plouzévédé on infobretagne.com (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Official website of the CC Pays de Landivisiau (French) Accessed on December 22, 2009
- ↑ Plouzévédé on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Accessed December 22, 2009
- ↑ a b Life data of the saints in the ecumenical saint lexicon , accessed on December 22, 2009
- ^ Plouzévédé in Base Mérimée (French). Accessed December 21, 2009