Plumeliau
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| local community | Pluméliau-Bieuzy | |
| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 57 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 56930 | |
| Former INSEE code | 56173 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| Website | https://www.plumeliau.fr/ | |
Pluméliau ( Breton : Pluniav ) is part of the municipality Pluméliau Bieuzy- a former French commune with last 3,624 inhabitants (at January 1, 2016) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .
location
Pluméliau is located in the southern part of central Brittany and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.
Neighboring places are Bieuzy in the northwest, Le Sourn in the north, Saint-Thuriau in the northeast, Moustoir-Remungol in the east, Évellys with Remungol in the southeast, Guénin and Saint-Barthélemy in the south and Melrand in the southwest.
In north-south direction the D 768 runs through the municipality, the connection from Pontivy to Auray .
history
The municipality historically belonged to the Breton region Bro-Gwened (French. Vannetais) and within this region to the area Bro Baod (French. Pays de Baud) and shares its history. During the French Revolution, it was an independent canton until 1801. From 1801 until its dissolution in 2019, it formed a municipality within the canton of Baud . On July 29, 1944, nine members of the Resistance were shot dead in Pluméliau.
On January 1, 2019, the municipalities of Pluméliau and Bieuzy merged to form the new municipality of Pluméliau-Bieuzy .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 3,860 | 3,753 | 3,524 | 3.216 | 3.152 | 3,091 | 3,414 |
Attractions
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Pluméliau-Bieuzy
- Town center, called Bourg
- Saint-Méliau village church from 1694
- Notre-Dame de la Ferrière chapel (15th and 16th centuries)
- Saint-Nicolas-des-Eaux chapel from 1524
- Saint-Nicodème Chapel
- several smaller chapels
- numerous wayside crosses
Saint-Nicodème Chapel
The district of Saint-Nicolas with thatched houses
The Saint-Nicolas-des-Eaux chapel in Pluméliau
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Personalities
- Isabelle Le Boulch (* 1964), French national soccer player
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 117-123.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map with the municipalities of the Pays de Pontivy ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Pluméliau on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)
