Plédéliac is a common French, located in the department of the Coast-with Armor and the area Brittany.

Geography

The current commune of Plédéliac includes/understands, in addition to the borough, of many localities, among which have can quote: the Oak-with-Wolf, Midsummer's Day, the Oak grove, Twisted it, Bertière, Denais, Fougeray, the Ash, Saint-Maleu, Plessis-Camet, Villéon, Loiserie, the Pre one, Saint-Spirit-of-Wood, Chief-of-Wood, the City-Morvan, the Bush, Goudais, the Field, Bound, Plançonnais, Saint-Andrew, Pefferie, etc

Two forests cover part of the commune of Plédéliac: the forest of Saint-Aubin (: 2600 ha) and the forest of Hunaudaye (: 1040 ha).

The commune of Plédélic is also located in edge of the stopping of Arguenon, tourist site where is in particular established a famous nautical base.

History

Plédéliac comes from Breton the ploe (parish) and from saint Théliau or holy Téliau. In the beginning Plédéliac thus meant “parish of Théliau Saint.

Saint Théliau was a Breton saint, originating in Wales. He would have been the disciple of the Dubricius archbishop and Paulinus saint. During its stay in Armorique, he would have been a companion of Samson saint before turning over in his native soil.

From a chronological point of view, one meets following names: Pledelia (in 1187-1200), Pledeliau (in 1219), par. of Pludeliau, Pledelia (in 1234), Pludelia (in 1248, in 1264, in 1298, about 1330), Pledeliat (in 1364), Pledelia (in 1420, in 1514, in 1536, in 1583), Pledeliac (in 1569).

The shady walk which was located near the village of Saint-Andrew attested of a human presence of the surroundings of Plédéliac as of Prehistory. However, the parish is evoked in the historical documents only starting from the Middle Ages.

Plédéliac is thus an old primitive parish which included formerly the territory of the current commune of Plédéliac as well as the territory of the old commune of Trégomar (attached today to the commune of Lamballe).

The name of Pludeliau is quoted since 1219. It is that of a parish since 1235, according to the cartulaire of the abbey of Saint-Aubin-of-Wood (Anc. év. III, 52,81). The Cistercian abbey of Saint-Aubin-of-Wood, emanation of that of Bégard, is founded between 1130 and 1138, undoubtedly by the count Geffroy Boterel.

To the the Middle Ages, the parish of Plédéliac belongs to the diocese of Saint-Brieuc and has as a branch the Holy Spirit, old hermitage of the Constance duchess and old priory, property of the abbey of Beaulieu (in Languédias). The old parish of Plédéliac depended on the subdelegation of Lamballe and the spring of Jugon. The count de Rieux was the lord. The cure was usually (known as Ogée), with the alternative (known as Pouillé de Tours).

Plédéliac has elected its first municipality at the beginning of 1790 and becomes chief town of a canton for this time until in the An X.

In 1214, the duke of Brittany, Pierre Mauclerc, authorizes Tournemine to build a fortress. He offers to them for that the grounds of Pleherel, Landébia and the forest then known as “of Lamballe”. Then, the lords of Hunaudaye and Penthièvre accommodate on their grounds the monks of the priory of the Holy Spirit and the abbey of Saint-Aubin-of-Wood, which contribute to the clearing, the development of the territory and the development of new agricultural techniques.

The fortress of Hunaudaye, built as from 1220, was the key of Penthièvre; set up in baronnie with, it resisted the attempts at demolition of the Revolution.

As of the medieval time, the importance of the forest on the territory is crucial. The antique forest of Lanmeur is renamed forest of Hunaudaye at the time of the rise to power of Tournemine, the lords of the Château of Hunaudaye.

Little by little, it is around the parish church that the borough of Plédéliac develops. The seigniory of Hunaudaye, as for it, is set up in baronnie States of Brittany on September 6th, 1487. During the Revolution, the castle and the abbey of Saint-Aubin are plundered, like so many others in France, but, extremely fortunately, are not destroyed.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, the forest of Hunaudaye is exploited for the coal and the sawlog, which brings an important complement to the agricultural vocation of the commune. During the second world war, in 1943 precisely, a maquis comes to be fixed at Hunaudaye and several parachutings of weapons are carried out in 1944 in the Moors of Plédéliac.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

• the vestiges of the abbey of Saint-Aubin or Saint-Aubin-of-Wood (12th century), founded, seems it, the 11 or February 13rd, 1137, by the count de Lamballe or the lords of Matignon. In 1143, Philippe, its first abbot, obtains from Eugene III the confirmation of all the already made donations with Saint-Aubin-of-Wood. In 1240, the monastery is the prey of the flames. The generosity of Denise of Matignon raises it of its ashes. In 1255, under the Herve abbot, is devoted the rebuilt church. In 1433, Eugene IV, who had reserved the nomination of the chief of this community, breaks the election of Olivier of Garande, but, in December of the same year, its holiness restores it. In 1483, Olivier Hus, who had controlled the abbey for 41 years, is revoked, like too “old and idiotic” by Guillaume, abbot of Bégard. June 23rd, 1484, Olivier de Broon is provided with the abbey of Saint-Aubin (two years afterwards, he is elected abbot of Saint-Melaine of Rennes). In 1653, a former bishop of Avranches, Roger d' Aumont, is abbot of Saint-Aubin. July 6th, 1752, César de Bonamour, doctor in Sorbonne and general vicar of Rennes, is abbot of Saint-Aubin (he dies on July 24th, 1753). The French revolution carries a fatal blow to the abbey of Saint-Aubin-of-Wood where seven monks still remained there. In February 1796, two monks cistercians of Saint-Aubin are massacred by the blue soldiers in the search of chouans. One of the monks survivors rents the buildings until his death in 1820. Since 1825, the monastery is repurchased by the bishop of Saint-Brieuc, Mgr Groing of Romagère. It is arranged in old people's home for priests. The house of Saint-Aubin shelters then the old people's home of the Brothers of Midsummer's Day of God as from 1830. Their establishment is transferred to Léhon in 1838. Sold, the abbey is cut up to build the castles of the Valley and Saint-Aubin close relations, as well as the churches of Quintenic and Pléven

• Castle of Guillier, 17th century

• Castle of Hunaudaye , 13th century, to see the specific article

• the manor of Belouze (16th century), property of the family Our (or Noes) which one thinks originating in Vaumoysel or Vauméloisel. Property of Guillaume and Jehan of Noes in 1480, of François of Noes in 1514 and Charles of Noes in 1569. The first lord whom one can quote with certainty is Guillaume Our (or Noes), who with Jean of Our (or Noes), appears with the watch of Moncontour of 1469. Another Guillaume of Our, alive before 1500 marries Jeanne Desnays, girl of Roland lord of Gautrel (in Maroué) and of Jeanne of Cambout. François of Our succeeds then Charles to him, husband of Louise de Morays, young lady of the Ditches (into Plélan-the-Small). François of Our, husband of Marie Voyer, dies about 1607. The elder one, Rene of Our, lord of the Ditches, dies in 1624 in Plestan. Mathurin which succeeded to him the Ditches was the husband of Catherine Voyer de Trégomar which brought the ground of Cariot to him (in Maroué). The manor of Bélouze is a teaching farm inn today, especially accommodating the children and the classes of discovery, mainly around the topic of nature

• the vault of the Holy Spirit (20th century), located at the locality " Saint-Spirit-of-Bois" and rebuilt about 1925. One finds there a statue of saint Jean Baptiste the 14th century. A retable out of wooden carries the weapons of the family of Rieux, owner of Hunaudaye with S. the vault shelters tables entitled the Holy Relationship and the Good Death , work of Philippe and which go back to 1781

• écomusée of the Farm of Antan, located in the middle of the village of the Holy Spirit of Wood, makes the promotion of the ancestral traditions, and organizes each summer, in general at the beginning of August, festival of the bread. The original building was built in two stages. A first part was completed in 1810 while the second goes back to 1885. The dwelling had initially a thatched roofing before a slate roof replaces it. It is a farm of intermediate size, whose principal home is prolonged by the stable on a side and the cattle shed of the other. In the court, the soues with pigs face a hen house, a baker's oven and a well, as well as a storeroom with the walls in wallow and the thatched roof. The farm fell little by little ruins some when, in 1974, it was repurchased then restored, without public allocation, by an association eager to present a testimony on the life of our ancestors. The opening to the public of the farm as écomusée could be done as from 1978. Accommodated by a guide in behavior of time, the visitor impregnates life of a family of the beginning of the 20th century, rythmée with the daily newspaper by the pieces of housework, the care with the animals, the work of the ground and the know-how of formerly. One discovers there the reconstituted habitat, called “the host”, the cattle shed, the stable, the soues and the hen house. The livestock consists of cows, horses, pigs, asses and a farmyard. The storeroom, the forging mill and the hangar gather all the objects, the material and the tools necessary to this framework of life. A turning in the garden makes it possible to discover old cultures such as: flax, the buckwheat, Jerusalem artichokes… A small film supplements the visit and revives this farm, through the life of a family, during one day of September 1924. And every year, the public can discover a new exposure on a topic of time. Moreover, écomusée accommodates many schoolboys who take part in various teaching activities having for goal to make them discover ancestral know-how such as: the discovery of the flax, the plant fibrous textile; the manufacture of butter made with the churn; the cooking of the bread to the furnace with wood of the farm; the buckwheat and its food use; the manufacture of wicker baskets; plays of formerly of the children; approach of the animals for the nursery schools. In addition, the children also profit from the complete visit of the farm, adapted according to each age group. Today the resources come from the many visitors of the farm, more: 8000 in 2003, but also of the various festivals organized in the year, of which the festival of the bread

Personalities related to the commune

• Albert Meslay, humorist
• Dominique Rault, former racing cyclist
• Pierre Morice, former football player

See too

• Common of Coast-in Armor

External bonds

• Plédéliac on the site of the national geographical Institute
• Plédéliac on the site of INSEE
• Plédéliac on the site of Quid

• Localization of Plédéliac on a chart of France and communes bordering

• Plane on Plédéliac on Mapquest
• Inventory of the inheritance