Taulé

Taulé ; Taole
region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Morlaix
Community association	Morlaix Community
Coordinates	48 ° 36 ′ N , 3 ° 54 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 36 ′ N , 3 ° 54 ′ W
height	0-101 m
surface	29.47 km 2
Residents	2,938 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	100 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	29670
INSEE code	29279
Website	http://www.commune-taule.fr/
	; Mairie Taulé

Taulé ( Breton Taole ) is a municipality with 2938 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Finistère department in the Brittany region in France . Taulé is part of the Morlaix Communauté community .

geography

Taulé is located six kilometers northwest of Morlaix between the Penzé rivers in the west and Morlaix in the east on the D58 in the Pays de Léon . The Penzé and the Pennelé flow through the municipality. Locquénolé is 3.4 kilometers northeast of Taulé on the Bay of Morlaix on the English Channel . The hamlets of Kervadogan, Goarivan, Pradigou, Villar Penzé, Kerangomar and Kergariou belong to the municipality.

history

Saint-Pierre church

There are a few traces of Neolithic (5500-2200 BC) settlement in the region. At Henvic there was a dolmen and a menhir . Polished stone axes have been found near Kervadogan. In the hamlet of Kergariou, traces from the Bronze Age (2200 to 1200 BC) were found, including a tumulus . Two other barrows are near the train station. During the Iron Age , the region was settled by Osismians , a Celtic tribe who are counted among the Gauls . In the Gallo-Roman period (52 BC to 486 AD), a junction of the great Roman road from Carhaix-Plouguer (Vorgium) to Brest (Gesocribate) connected Morlaix with Saint-Pol-de-Léon .

After the Battle of Chester (607 or 616), Celts fled Wales and settled on the north-west coast of Finistère. They founded the Cornouaille , which reached as far as Morlaix and borders the Pays de Léon in the south. The Cornish language influenced the regional dialect of the Breton language . The Breton language is still used in Taulé.

Taulé was first mentioned in 1128 as Taulai . The origin of the place name is unknown, a local legend says that when God created Brittany, he still had a church to distribute. He spoke in Breton: Taol anezhan aze , "throw it here".

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2017
Residents	2365	2269	2402	2722	2796	2781	2895	2938
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

The old Taulé church was built in the 15th century. Today only its bell tower still exists . It was classified as a Monument historique (historical monument) in 1914 .

The mansion Coat-Iles Built in the 17th century on the foundations of an older house. It was the seat of a seigneury . Only the pigeon house , the entrance portal and a pavilion have survived from that time . Large parts of the building were rebuilt in the 18th century. In the 19th and 20th centuries the building was enlarged and lost its original character. The surviving parts from the 17th and 18th centuries were entered in the supplementary directory of the Monuments historiques in 1990. The mansion is privately owned.