Pertre

Pertre is a common French, located in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine and the area Brittany.

Origin of the name

At the 11th century, one finds the name of Pertum . At the next century, one finds Pertrum . In 1516, one deferred the name Ecclesia de Pertra .

Several theories explain the name of Pertre. The most probable theory is that the name of the village comes from will petra (stone), since Pertre is located at the top of a stone hill. The name can also come from pertrum (country of the stone), but the village should then be called Pertre. Lastly, a last possibility is that the name comes from perdita will terra (honed way, as for Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus), but the big number of syllables having then disappeared makes this theory not very probable.

Geography

Parish of the Steps of Brittany created by Essartage of the forest-border which separated the Brittany from the Low-Maine.

It is in this forest that liked to stroll Madam de Sévigné.

History

The creation date of Pertre is unknown. However, one can with certainty consider that the village was created before the year 1000. This estimate is based on the lawsuit between the monks of the Abbaye Saint-Serge of Angers and the monks of the Abbaye Saint-Jouin of Marnes in Poitou which was held of 1082 with 1093. During this lawsuit, the Juhel lawyer, wire of Godefroy and lawyer of the monks of Saint-Jouan, indicate that Pertre had been in the principle an abbey built by king Clovis in the honor of Saint Martin de Vertou . Martin saint having lived in VII^e century, the term Clovis refers to Clovis II. Though the theory of the avocact was not shown, it is obvious that Pertre was to be to be sufficiently old at this period so that such a theory can be formulated.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Parish church Saint Martin's day de Vertou

The church Saint Martin's day de Vertou is located at the center of the village. Place of the church, leave all the roads leading to the surrounding villages.

The first stone of the current church was blessed the June 8th 1863 per Mr. Vilais, priest-senior of Argentré-of-Plessis the and canon of Rennes. Construction took ten years and was endeuillée by the death of two workmen.

The bell-tower of the church culminated with 83 meters in at the end of 1920 (because of repairs, in particular after the fall of the bell-tower of 1982, the size perhaps slightly changed). It is possible to reach a parapet located at 37 meters of the ground (the key can be borrowed from the coffee Bambino ). The legend says that 39 bell-towers are visible per good weather of the top of the church, and it was proven that indeed 37 bell-towers were visible at the beginning of the 20th century. The four principal bells are named Marie-Henriette (2 137 kg), Louise-Prosper (1 471 kg), Joséphine-Perrine (1 038 kg) and Sophie-Amédée (245 kg).

Dimensions of the church are 49 m of length, 16,5 m broad and 17 m in height for the principal nave.

Vault Joseph Saint

Castle of Belair

Hippodrome of the Roadway

Circuit of the two provinces

Personalities related to the commune

Culture

Song

Song written in 1871 per Mr. de Sallier-Dupin

First verse

On a slope, very close to Mayenne,
Rise with the Sky a gracious bell-tower,
Light and vain, it dominates the plaine
And its neighbors whom it seems to threaten

Refrain

It is the bell-tower of the country which I adore,
They is there that are my parents, my friends,
Ah! Which happiness it to still re-examine,
For me? Pertre is a so beautiful country.

Second verse

It is the country where my enfance
ran When very small one learned to me with marcher.
My good mother, with care and prudence,
My steps in the shade of the bell-tower guided.

Third verse

Merry frolicking, pleasures of my youth,
Without remorse I can remember,
Be blessed, comfort my old age,
When of this world it is necessary me to leave.

Fourth verse

I left you, cradle of my childhood,
I left you in one day of misfortune,
Because the foreigner invaded France
And the duty was essential on my heart.

Fifth verse

I re-examine you on your green hill,
My dear bell-tower, and I come demander
That God likes it, in his divine kindness,
That close to you, I can rest.

See too

Common of Ille-et-Vilaine

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