Plovan

Plovan
region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Plonéour Lanvern
Community association	Haut Pays Bigouden
Coordinates	47 ° 55 ′ N , 4 ° 22 ′ W Coordinates: 47 ° 55 ′ N , 4 ° 22 ′ W
height	0-85 m
surface	15.75 km 2
Residents	682 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	43 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	29720
INSEE code	29214
Website	www.plovan.fr
	; "Église Saint-Gorgon de Plovan", church and crucifixion group

Plovan ( French and Breton is) a French commune of the department Finistere in the region of Brittany . Administratively, it is assigned to the canton of Plonéour-Lanvern and the Arrondissement of Quimper .

geography

The place with 682 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) is located in the southwest of Brittany on the Atlantic coast . Quimper is 21 kilometers northeast and Brest 54 kilometers north.

At Quimper, the next exits are on the expressway E 60 (Brest - Nantes ) and a regional train station on the mainly parallel railway line.

The Brest train station is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris and the airports Aéroport de Brest Bretagne near Brest and Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud near Lorient are the nearest regional airports .

The D2 road runs through the municipality from northwest to southwest. In the vicinity of this municipality, to the north is the larger town of Pouldreuzic with 2051 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011) and to the south, the almost equally large town of Tréogat with 546 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011).

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	1020	893	783	720	648	607	667	682
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

St Gorgon Church

The amazing church building for this small, remote municipality of Plovan, with its Romanesque columns, its large semicircular three Gothic arches in the north and its three Romanesque arches in the south, reflect the style of Pont-Croix, was built in the 13th century. The Gothic tower was only built in 1520. The later restorations of the apse and the walls of the corridors left visible cracks. The altar with statues of St. Herbot, St. Gorgon, patron saint of the parish, is flanked by statues of St. Eloy and St. Kidou, known in France as the St. Vitus. They date from the 17th century. The large number of statues in this small church resulted from the decay of the nearby Languidou Chapel, which fell into disrepair in the late 18th century.

Church patron Saint Gorgon

The Saint Gorgon Church is dedicated to Saint Gorgon or Gorgonius. He was a martyr of the Roman era under Emperor Diocletian . As an officer of this emperor, he converted to Christianity. Like his friend Dorothy Nicomedia, he is said to have refused to renounce his faith. As a result, both were tortured to death in the fourth century. First buried in Rome in the necropolis "Since two laurels", it was brought to Metz as a relic about 350 years later in 766. The Saint Gorgon church in Metz was laid down in 1788 to make room for new buildings. Saint Gorgon is celebrated on September 9th and honored with pilgrimages. Several French cities named themselves after Saint-Gorgon. Churches were also named after him, such as Metz, Varangéville (Meurthe-et-Moselle), Richemond (Lorraine) and Plovan (Finistère).

Attractions

The Chapelle de Languidou is an important Romanesque ruin from the 12th century.

In 1876 the Crugon Tumulus , in Renongar, north of Plovan, was excavated by Paul du Chatellier.

Plovan parish
Coastal area of the municipality of Plovan
Menhir Lespurit-Ellen
View of the parish of Plovan
Historic stone house in Plovan
Église Saint Gorgon, church and calvary in Plovan
Église Saint Gorgon de Varangéville (Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Relief of St. Gorgonius in Minden Cathedral
Painting of the Head of the Gorgon, 17th century
Chapelle de Languidou in the municipality of Plovan
Four à goémon - historic earth oven for making soda in Plovan

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 943-946.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 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. On the building history of the Église Saint Gorgon of Plovan @1@ 2

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