Plumelin
Plumelin Pluverin |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Morbihan | |
Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
Canton | Grand Champ | |
Community association | Center Morbihan Community | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 52 ′ N , 2 ° 53 ′ W | |
height | 42-153 m | |
surface | 31.33 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,723 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 87 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 56500 | |
INSEE code | 56174 | |
Website | https://www.mairie-plumelin.fr/ |
Plumelin ( Breton : Pluverin ) is a French municipality with 2723 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .
location
Plumelin is located in the center of the Morbihan department and is part of the Pays de Pontivy.
Neighboring communities are Évellys with Remungol in the north, Moréac in the north-east, Locminé in the east, Moustoir-Ac in the south-east and south, La Chapelle-Neuve in the south-west and west and Guénin in the north-west.
The D117 as a connection from Locminé to Baud and the D179 from Grand-Champ to Pontivy run through Plumelin .
The river Tarun forms the southern boundary of the municipality. Other bodies of water in the municipality are the Le Fou stream and some ponds. Parts of the community area are covered by forest. The largest of these is the Bois de Guénanec .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
Residents | 2,050 | 1,864 | 1,715 | 1,809 | 1,748 | 1,785 | 2,232 |
history
Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro-Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the Bro Baod (French: Pays de Baud) area and shares its history. In 1867, part of the municipality split off and formed the municipality of La Chapelle-Neuve.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Plumelin
- Castle of Guénanec 17th century
- Saint Melaine village church from the 15th century
- Saint-Jean-Du-Poteau chapel from 1767
- Chapel Saint-Quidy 16th century
- Chapel of the Congrégation des filles de Jésus in Kermaria from 1865
- (Path) crosses, fountains and a memorial to the dead of the Resistance
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 492-494.
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.
- ↑ Plumelin on Cassini.ehess.fr (French)