Ploeren

Ploeren (Breton Ploveren in ) is a common French, located in the department of the Morbihan and the area Brittany.

Ploeren is an old primitive parish which formerly included the current territories of Arradon and of the Island-with-Monks.

Ploeren (Morbihan) is not to confuse with Plérin (Coast-with Armor). In the same way deciding name of the two cities.

Geography

" Between Ground and Sea with the doors of the gulf of Morbihan" , the commune of Ploeren extends on 2.044 hectares, in edge of the expressway Nantes - Brest, at a few minutes of Vannes, in the middle of the pines, of the gorses and the heathers. Although marked by a residential mitage, the countryside, not re-allocated, however offers a real quality of life, essential to preserve. The farms are fewer and larger today.

Ploeren is a périurbaine commune with strong demographic and space expansion: 48% of the population are credits of which less than 15% work on the commune. 64% carry on their community activity on the basin of use of Valves and 21% out of the basin of Valves.

Two age brackets are very present: young couples and pensioners.

85% of the residences are appeared as houses built on successive allotments. The rate of housing HLM is approximately 10%. A project of social housing in co-education with suburban residences is under development in the sector of the “4 winds”.

Origin of the Name and Heraldic

Ploeren comes from Breton “the Plou” (parish in Breton) and seems it of saint Even, Meren, Erin but more probably of Saint Martin Patron of the city and one of the Pères of the Church.

The scene of the division of the coat having taken place in 338 is engraved on the wood of the door of the church Saint Martin.

The Blazon located in heading was adopted on December 2nd, 1983, it acts of three joined together blazons representing the principal families of the Old Mode. It is read " Left with the first of money with two sand fasces and with the chief charged with a mallet with mouths, with the second of mouths with six gold besants, with the chief of hermines"

History

Since the discovery of a polished stone axe dating from the Neolithic final while passing by the remainders of a cemetery mérovingien on the side of Toulprio, as well as the camp Roman towards Kermurier and finally, quite visible, the vault of Béléan, built by Jean of Garo which made the Croisade S at the 13th century: as many elements which prove the commune is very old. The septentrional door of this vault is registered with the additional inventory of the historic buildings in 1925.

Initially occupied by the Forest, the ground was cleared to make place with the arable land is 600 ha, moors and uncultivated 1000 ha, meadows and grazing grounds 300 ha and wood for the remainder.

Following names are met: Ploerren (in 1427, in 1444, in 1464), Ploeren (in 1448, 1536), Ploueraien (in 1477), Ploerran (in 1481).

It was well before the Révolution where the noble families of Vannes liked to have a farm which brought back a considerable income. Even Nicolas Fouquet, superintendent of finances of Louis XIV, did not make exception to the rule. That occurred in 1656.

The communal territory included Kéranguen, the Bung, Vincin and Culéac: on the other hand, it stopped with approximately 500 meters on the basis of the church towards the west.

In the recasting according to 1789, Vannes cut the lions share: but to rebalance the commune, it to us was given Tréoguer and Lain, formerly territories of Plougoumelen. The many domainiers who worked for the landowners were the authors of the Topographie. The work did not miss, not gotten by the farms cossues and the very active Moulin S. And that until the Revolution which will divide the inhabitants into Chouan S and republicans.

Good number of Ploerinois begin with Cadoudal. They are likely to have their confiscated goods or to even lose the life. But what imports! The long listeest of the farmers made captive.

The first Empire sees the state of the commune being stabilized; of course, like everywhere, each one balks in front of the conscription. But peace settles and the borough becomes prosperous, even if it is rather of poor aspect with its battered ways.

It does not act any more a second home as at the time of the Old Mode, but of an active population with hamlets almost as populated as the borough.

Under the Old Mode, one counts several seigniories on the territory of Ploeren: that of Garo, Maezo, Pargo, Brementec, Culéac, Loyon, Kervérec, Plesterven, Propiando, Penhoët. The seigniory of Garo exceeds the 500 hectares, that is to say the quarter of the commune, until the beginning of the 13th century, where Kermeno of Garo, completely ruined, must sell.

There exists a Communal Monograph written by CH. Blanchard. who recalls the history of Ploeren of his origins up to 1992.

Demography

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List Mayors since the French revolution

Places and monuments

Places of worship

the church Saint Martin's day (15th century), increased in 1753 and 1776. The church is modified then by successive restorations: by the construction of the Northern transept in 1834, Southern transept in 1838 and sacristy in 1869. Its bell-tower is restored in 1855,1927 and 1957-1959. The skirting and the stalls of the chorus go back to 1831. The church shelters the statues of Martin saint, holy Joseph and a Virgin of the Congregation (work of the Brown one, 1871). The carved Crucifix, located at the bottom it chorus, seems to go back to the 17th century.

the vault Our-Lady-of-Béléan (15th century), located at the village of Béléan. It is still called the Notre-Dame vault of Bethlehem. An inscription on a northern sand pit carries the date of 1457. This vault was undoubtedly built on the ruins of another, because the first foundation is attached, according to the tradition, with the adventure of a crusader, the lord Of Garo. It is a rectangular building with small square pinnacle on the Western pinion. Crawling of the roof are decorated with hooks of foliages and animals. The septentrional door, with beautiful blazing decoration, is decorated of two escutcheons to the weapons of a lord of Garo, founder of the vault, and Yves de Pontsal, bishop of Valves of 1444 to 1475 and originating in the parish close to Plescop. The window in tierce point of the bedside is divided into two by an enormous mullion forming buttress: the network, whose wrenchings are still visible, was replaced by disgracieuses superimposed blind arcades in semicircular arch. The vault, with interior stone bench along the walls, is covered with a frame to tie-beams decorated with tètes of crocodiles. The inscription of the interior sand pit reveals that the frame is produced by Jehan Thébaud, of Moustoir in Radenac, in 1457, with trees of the forest of Trebimoél, under the direction of the canon of Arradon, Nicolas Crouse: “Lan millet IIIc L VII Nicolas Crouse CH. of Aradon, prosecutor of the Nre vault Rams of Bethlehem, has fayt to make the servant boys of ceste vault which is forest of Trebimoel, by Jehan Thebaud, of Mouster-Radunac”. The stained glass dates from the 16th century. One finds in bay of the South with half-mouthful of the fragments of stained glasses carrying the blazons of Kermeno of Garo. Two tables on wood, of the 16th century, recall the legend according to which the vault would have been founded, at the time of the Crusades, by a lord of Garo, miraculeusement saved by the intercession of the Virgin, little time before the fixed date for its execution by Turks who had done it captive. In the pavement of the vault, a large tomb stone is probably that of Rene de Kermeno. Many ex-votos there are found. A painting entitled " Jean of Garo" date from the 19th century. A painting entitled Saint Michel of Auray date of 1861.

crosses of Luscanen, the cemetery, the borough.

the ossuary of the old cemetery, located formerly at the South of the parish church of Ploeren and closed down in 1969. The ossuary disappeared, but there still remains a wall with three arcades;

Remain lords of Ploeren

the castle of Mézo or Maezo (19th century), successive property of the families Douarain (du), Goyon de Vaudurand (or Gouyon), Felix-Andre Lafosse (in 1855) and To cream. Property of Perrot Kermarquer in 1427.

the manor of Kervérec (). Property of the family Kerverec (Olivier Kerberrec or Kerverret in 1427, Guillaume de Kerverrec in 1481), of the Collédo family (of 1522 to 1611), of Paul Tristan Joannic, lord of Assénac (in 1683), then of the Red family (18th century).

the old castle of Garo, still visible in 1863. One found there the escutcheons of Kermeno and Garo. There remains today only one cellar and a baker's oven. The family of Garo is quoted at the 11th century. Owner of Pierre of Garo in 1427. Its castle and its seigniory are sold about 1500 with the family Kermeno de Moréac.

the manor of Porh-Priendo. Sit of the old seigniory of Propiando belonging successively to the families Baud, Launay and Touzé. Property of Guillot Droillard and Jehan Pil in 1427. The manor had a private vault formerly.

the well (18th century), located at the East of the church of Ploeren.

Fall from famous character

falls It from Louis Cadoudal, Frère and in favor of Georges Cadoudal (1853), located in the old cemetery.

Specificity

the city is precursory of a new type of way, the way 2M, a way engine and a way calf which replace little by little the roads in the downtown area.

Ploeren is one of the cities to the strongest growth rate of population in Brittany and France (+50% between 1999 and 2006)

Twinning

The town of Ploeren is twinned with the Community of the communes of the Land Wursten

Land Wursten (Germany) since 2006

Land Wursten German Page of the Wursten Land

Personalities related to the commune

Mathieu Berson : Player of Football evolving/moving in Valence (Levante UD) since 2006

See too

Common of Morbihan
the Community of Agglomeration of the Country of Valves

External bonds

Site of the town hall
Ploeren on the site of the national geographical Institute
Ploeren on the site of INSEE
Ploeren on the site of Quid
Localization of Ploeren on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Ploeren on Mapquest

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