Montfort-on-Meu

Montfort-on-Meu is a common French, located in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine and the area Brittany. ( Breton Moñforzh in ).

The Court of Bankruptcy was removed at the end of the XIXe century and the court of jurisdiction is the Court of Rennes, only a Magistrates' court remains.

There exists also a station the SNCF. The City was a sub-prefecture until 1926.

Geography

Surrounded by Breteil, Iffendic, Talensac, Nouaye and Bédée

History

In 1794, the old commune of Coulon was attached to Montfort.

Old names: Montfort-the-duck, Montfort-the-Mountain, Montfort-la-Nouaye
In 1993, the name of the commune of Montfort becomes officially Montfort-on-Meu.

The site of Montfort-on-Meu preserve traces of its very first inhabitants: shady walks and menhirs of the Neolithic era are visible in forest of Montfort.

The Gallo-Roman period also contributes to the richness of the country.

But it is in XIe century, with the construction of the first castle, that the city takes its rise: military industry and the trade develop to with it quickly. Castle, it remains the tower of Papegault today, built in 1389 out of schist and sandstone. This tower of four stages accommodates Écomusée of the Country of Montfort, which presents many temporary exhibitions or permanent on the history of the country.

For the walkers, the street of Saulnerie is impossible to circumvent: modest houses and middle-class residences of XVIe at the XIXe centuries are côtoient there.

Small strolls to the boulevard of the Dovecote then makes it possible to reconstitute the fortifications.

The legend of the Duck

About 1386, during the completion of the fortifications of the city, the lord made lock up in his castle an young girl of a remarkable beauty. It well quickly included/understood the fate which was reserved to him, and, seeing the church Saint Nicolas, it started to request the saint, promising that it would come to thank it in its church if it escaped. The evening even, it could fuir.
Unfortunately, it fell between the hands from the roughneck soldiers from the lord, who wanted to make him undergo what they supposed that had made their Master. It looked in the neighborhoods to call for the aid, but saw only two wild ducks in the water of the pond (pond which was drained since).
It renewed its prayer with Nicolas saint, begging it to allow that these animals are pilot of its innocence and that they achieve each year his wish on his behalf if it had suddenly lost the life.
It succeeds in escaping the soldiers, but died a little later of fright, says one. It was buried in the Saint Nicolas's Day cemetery.

However, here that the same year, at the time of the festival of the Translation, whereas crowd pressed itself near the relics of Nicolas saint, a wild duck penetrated with its ducklings in the church. It flew close to the image of the Saint, flew to the furnace bridge, and greeted the Crucifix. Then it went down again towards the image of the Saint, and remained there until the end of the mass. At this time, it flew away, followed by all its ducklings, except for one only, which remained in the church.

The history became so famous that, as many documents during the centuries attest some, Montfort-on-Meu was called Montfort-the-Duck during more than 300 years. The appearances are consigned in the official reports several times. The last appearance of the duck dates from the May 8th 1739. However, as only the posterior files in XVe century could be preserved, it misses testimonys enormously, even if like an ecclesiastic " says it; formerly, these facts had become so common that one did not take any more the trouble to announce them .

The Mill of the Boards, located in a peaceful site which invites to the walk, is one of the traces of the agricultural past and tradesman of Montfort-on-Meu, just like red schist the middle-class houses of the " country pourpré" place of Guittai and street of Saulnerie. Religious past remain today the cloister and the gate of the Abbaye Saint-Jacob, now reconverted in training center, as well as the old convent of the Ursulines which shelters the town hall. These two buildings are them also out of red schist.

Economy

The economic life of Montfort-on-Meu rests primarily on the Agribusiness industry in the sectors with dominant milk and pig. Two companies are the pillars: Cooperl (Slaughter-houses, approximately 400 paid) and the Large Salting tub Saint Nicolas's Day (Saltings and pork-butcheries). Montfort-on-Meu is also characterized by its very active commercial activity: various trade answering all the current needs, artisanal activities and services, distributed of center town and in the peripheral artisanal zones.

Montfort-on-Meu also has establishments of Hôtellerie, restoration and a Camping.

A market animates the place of the Ditches each Friday morning.

Montfort-on-Meu also twice a year accommodates a fair organized by the association of the tradesmen and craftsmen (the APCAM): Midsummer's Day in June and the Saint Nicolas in December.

Administration

Current mayor: Victor PREAUCHAT

Associated: Claudia ROUAUX, Marcelle the GUELLEC, Anne COVERED, Laurence BONNEAU, Jean-Claude the BARS, François JEUDY, Gilles ROBERT, Alfred LEGROS.

Advisers: Elen SALAUN, Guy MEHEUST, Marie-Therese LENORMAND, Rene-Claude GALLAND, Roland DELEPINE, Marie-Christine HERVE, Gilbert SALT MAKER, Philippe BURNED, Violet BIRLOUET, Yvette Busnel, Christine FAUCHOUX, Andre FERRON, Fabienne ANGOT, Annie CORRE (absent on the photograph) Michel RIOPEL, Marie-Annick GERALD, Pierrick GIPOULOU, Jean-Marie DENEUVE, Danielle CHARON, Delphine DAVID.

Members of the municipal council junior: 20 advisers renewal per half each year

Beauge Claire-Marie, Belan Danny, Crespel Pierre-Alexandre, Duval-Binet Ambroise, Forcier Maël, Mathieu Fort, Gautier Julie, Geffard Audran, Girou Tristan, Hardouin de Grosville Guillaume, Jolly Morgane, Manac' H Ophélie, Pirot Alan, Quero Anthony, Remy Nora, Reappear Maxence, Riou Anna, Theze Morgan, Tra Amandine, Valbert Maëla (elected 2005)

Demography

(1) estimate of the town hall, the figures will appear only in 2008

Characters related to the commune

Omar Bradley
Chateaubriant
Louis Even, philosopher, monk and Canadian politician.
Saint Louis Marie Oil cake of Montfort
List of the lords of Montfort in Brittany

Tourist monuments and places

Vestiges of fortifications: turn of Papegault, the tower of the Ass No, the tower of the captain, located in the center town.
the municipal camp-site is beside the municipal park.
the Tourist office of the Country of Montfort in Brocéliande is created since December 14th, 2006. It opens its doors with the public at the summer 2007.

The religious heritage

Saint Louis Marie Grignon of Montfort lived in Montfort. The only church which it remains today is the church Saint Louis Marie Grignon, 2 or 3 vaults, and an abbey.

Abbey Saint-Jacob de Montfort.

References

The sport

football club: the FC Montfort, the colors are the yellow, red and black.
club of tennis shoe: the MBC, Montfort Tennis shoe Club, organizing in May its festival, since 1987. the colors are blue sky and the white.
club of table tennis: the girls are in the first national division.
club of hand ball: Brocéli' hand club (http://membres.lycos.fr/broceli/).
American football club: Wild Hogs (http://www.wildhogs.fr/).
gymnastic volunteer, president Marion Renault

Schools, colleges and college

School of the purple country (public) (old name: school street of Gaël)
School of the Windmill (public)
Notre Dame School (private)
College Louis Guilloux (public)
Holy College Louis-Marie (private)
College Rene Cassin (public, mainstream education and technological)

Rooms and sports grounds

COSEC (1 room omnisport - 1 Dojo - 1 room of table tennis 1 Gym room; sport of combat)
Charlet (2 grounds of hand; 3 grounds of tennis shoe; 1 tennis court)
Battles (2 grounds of hand; 3 grounds of tennis shoe; 1 tennis court; 2 grounds of badminton)
Local of the club of Kayak
Swimming pool Océlia
Room of Tennis técélia
Football field Pasteur
Football field Mainguet

Theaters

famous Arts center thereafter " Before-Scène"
Room of the Confluence
Cinema " Cane"

The Confluence

This room, inaugurated in 2003, is the multifunction room par excellence. It can as well accommodate the banquets of marriage, meal, the General meetings, the meetings of company that spectacles. It includes/understands:

a room of 450 places in version spectacle and 350 covers
the room is equipped with a control its and light (use under condition)
a scene with 110 m ²
With the cabins with 38 m ²
a kitchen with 52 m ² with two furnaces, a drying oven and counts heating, a cold room and a lava crockery
a hall of reception of 85 m ² with a bar

The big room can be separate into two thanks to a mobile partition allowing to have two rooms respectively of 250 and 200 m ².

Tariffs and reservations: The tariffs of hiring are established for one or several days. If you wish to be well informed on the tariffs or the dates available, you can contact the town hall.

The Apron

Building of the beginning of the XXe century, the Apron kept, in spite of various work, its character intimist and heat. Appreciated artists amateurs and professionals, the Apron is a place very much used for the associative and school spectacles like for conferences and meetings.

Retractable steps and armchairs make it possible to modulate the room from 130 to 250 places. The room is equipped with a control its and light.

Twinning

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