Mûr-de-Bretagne
Mûr-de-Bretagne is a town and former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune was merged into the new commune Guerlédan.
Geography
Mûr-de-Bretagne is a small town with shops, located east of the Lac de Guerlédan.Toponymy
The old forms of the name are: Mur, Mur, Mur, Mur, Meur.The name of the commune translated into Breton is Mur.
History
Transportation
The town was previously served by a train station. The line on which it was on is now a cyclewayPolitics and administration
| Start | End | Name | Party | Other details |
| 1809 | 1815 | Guillaume Michel Fraboullet | ||
| ... | ... | Raymond Hinault | ||
| June 1995 | 2008 | Alain Auffret | Independent | Farmer |
| March 2008 | ... | Georges Tilly | Independent | Retired, President of the CC |
| 2014 | In progress | Hervé Le Lu | Independent | Art director |
Demographics
In 2016, the municipality had 2,173 inhabitants.This population accounts for the former commune. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses carried out in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, communes with less 10,000 population have real censuses held every five years, unlike other municipalities that have a sample survey each year.The inhabitants of Mûr-de-Bretagne are known in French as mûrois.
Local culture and heritage
Places and monuments
- The chapel Sainte-Suzanne is classified as an historical monument since 4 June 1952. It is surrounded by oak trees painted around 1840-1850 by Jean-Baptiste Corot.
- Church of Saint-Pierre: indoors, altars and chairs carved by a local artist. On the pulpit, sculpted panels represent the seven deadly sins.
- The, classified as an historical monument on 8 November 1956.
- and Lake Guerlédan.
Sport