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Briec (in the past Briec-with-the Odet , into Breton Brieg ) is a common department of the Finistere, in the area Brittany, in France.

Geography

Located in the middle of the Cornwall, Briec, is to approximately 15 km in the North-East of Quimper. Dominated by Carry out Roc' h-Vor (230 m), the commune is undulating and fact part of the basins slopes of the Odet and the Alder. In the east, part of the commune is wedged between Edern and Landudal.
the urban center of Briec gathers the majority of the inhabitants and has the whole of the public services. The remainder of the habitat is dispersed in hamlets except the allotments isolated in the southern zone from the commune.
the rural areas evolved, because of the regrouping in pieces of bigger size, to a new rural typology with the disappearance of the slopes and enclosures.
the agricultural aspect of the economy, preserved by the commune since the end of the war, must since the Seventies, to coexist with a small industry where dominates the agroalimentary sector and with less degree mechanics and the building.

Monuments

Vault Saint-Sebastien de Garnilis

The window of the bedside presented in 1820, four panels, and two oculi with weapons of Trégain, a dated Passion 1580. In 1921, the marquis de Ploeuc “thinking of saving this stained glass by installing it with the castle of Kerambleis” offered a canopy dated 1921 from the glass Master Léglise of Paris. Since any trace of this Passion. It is mentioned by error by Couffon like existing. Fund Abgrall, public library of Quimper, sketch of bay. In 1819, Disorders in the vault following the Breton fights. The vicar of Briec does not want to celebrate the mass there any more, except ordinance of the bishop. Bulletin commission diocésaine 1904. Documentation jplb

Saint-Vennec vault

The Abgrall canon in his drafts announces remains of stained glasses, where he recognizes two angels holding a streamer, then a Blessed Virgin and a Sebastien saint. Documentation JPLB

Vault Saint-Guénolé known as of Treflez and also vault of Trolez

Close glaziery rhombus beginning out of white glass, sacristy 1630, with inscription difficult to decipher. The vault would be connected to the manor of Trolez by “underground” a vacuum of 2,50 meters was driving overdraft of the vault towards this manor, the current owner (1988) handling the pendulum. Another underground where one can pass to four legs was found under the ground of the vault and energy of the second pillar towards window 1. Very beautiful worships of the magi, remainders of a triptych? Losangée glaziery, en1990, small restorations documentation jplb

Vault of the Madeleine

One found, in 1985, no part, witness of the old stained glasses but however many traces of barlotières and former small canes. Of the same step of trace of glaziery XIXe. On the other hand the old ones remembered stained glasses rhombuses out of white glass. In 1984, white glass succeeded has still existing windows of wood in 1948. Statement traces of painting XVII° on the stones framing bays. Since 1985 figurative stained glasses of the workshop the bihan, on the subjects chosen by the committee. Authors: Antoine and Jean-Pierre the bihan. documentation jplb

Parish church Saint-Pierre 15th century

In 1789, at the time it official report in order to rebuild the church one saw there, behind the high altar in the stained glass representing a Passion of XVIe, five escutcheons of which that of Brittany, that of France like that of the seigniory of Chataigneraye, presented by an angel. In the Midsummer's Day vault, there are three bellows, the first carries an escutcheon, the remainder is out of white glass or represents the mystery of Passion. In the vault of the Virgin, Northern side, with the top of the stained glass are three escutcheons. Compilation of various bulletins of the archaeological company

the commune has a remarkable architectural heritage: many vaults disseminated in the countryside, a multitude of martyrdoms.
Vault of the Madeleine 16th century

Vault Holy-Cecile

Currently only the canopy of the bedside remains.

The 16th century had provided to this vault at least two other canopies of which we have description. The subjects were, in large bay of the southern transept, a life of Holy Cecile, and in small bay an Annunciation is northern transept.

Apart from these descriptions we know little things about their disappearance.

In 1878, in a work on the stained glass in Brittany, Auguste André includes a article published in a Bulletin of the archaeological Company of Finistere. It is the first description which I know. Then it was in 1904, the turn of the Abgrall canon, article which was partly shown in March 1906 by the Revue sacred art .

In 1922, Corroze and Gay would have taken photographs of them, given thereafter to the researcher Jean Lafond, photographs which remain untraceable.

These stained glasses, as that currently existing were classified in 1906

About the disappearance of the two stained glasses, one knows only few things. Jean Lafond indicates that at the time of his passage they already perished of misery, and that of the chorus is in a pitiful state. One can also put the question of a demounting of the remainders by a glassmaker for a possible restoration which did not succeed; the local memory seems to affirm it.

The canopy of the bedside before 1981 Of this canopy, before this date which announces its restoration, it remained more places from there only forty five percent of old stained glasses. The missing parts were out of frosted glass and a few pieces of blue color out of flat glass which had been used here and there of which the dress of the Virgin. These elements can give us an approach of a small posterior restoration to the second part of the 19th century. This way of proceeding, which is closer to the conservation than of the restoration, is typical of a workshop quimpérois as that of Cassaigne which lived place in Beurre.ne not having a furnace, nor of greyness and not the enough skilful hand to perhaps take again parts in the spirit of old. It restored thus, saving unquestionable ruin, many stained glasses of the area quimpéroise.

Description of the canopy of the bedside.

Cest a bay with four trefoil lancets made up of 16 panels of stained glasses from different heights, four by four

The three lancets of left present a Crucifixion, the last with the extreme right-hand side being reserved for the representation of Cécile saint.

Vault Saint Guénolé (Trolez) 17th century
Vault Notre-Dame d' Illijour 19th century
Saint-Venec Vault 16th century
Saint-Égarec Vault 16th century
Vault Saint-Sebastien (Garnilis) 16th century
Vault Saint-Corentin (Kreisker) 16th century

Castle

Castle of Trohanet, part of the property is in Langolen. The castle is composed of an older part dating from the 16th century and of a “modern” part dating from the 18th century. Sold in 1851 by the family Tréouret de Kerstrat with the family Grandière, the park of Trohanet, under the impulse of the Pierre vice-admiral of Grandière (former governor of Cochinchine) is reorganized, in 1872, by the landscape designer Eugene Buhler. The park and the castle are registered with the additional inventory of the historic buildings since 2002.

Twinning

Events

a large market in the open air brings together the amateurs of shopping all first Tuesday of the month on the Great Place. A weekly market, Friday morning, makes the joy of the amateurs of products of the soil, extremely famous in Glazik Country.

History

Briec was called formerly Plebs Brithiac (at the 11th century and in 1160), Briziac (of 1249 to 1574), Briziec (in 1675).
Briec seems to be a Gallo-Roman fundus: the tradition indeed places on the territory of Briec a Roman camp. A rider with the Anguipède (2nd century), discovered to Guellen, is exposed to the departmental museum.
the primitive parish of Briec included/understood Edern, Landrévarzec, Langolen and Landudal.
Towards 1248, Landrévarzec is detached from the parish of Briec to constitute an independent parish.
1675 : Briec is a center of the Révolte of the Red Bonnets.
1795 : the chouans which were going to remove the powder mill of the Bridge-of-Boxwood, killed the teacher and the constitutional priest of Briec.
the prosperity of the commune and part of its inhabitants to the wire of the centuries will be supported by the development of the breeding and in particular of a particular race of horses the “double bidets”.

Demography

Births

63 in 2004
64 in 2005
77 in 2006

Death

52 in 2004
58 in 2005
60 in 2006

External bonds

Site of the town hall
Site of the community of communes
the twinned Welsh city
the site of the bagad
the site of the Challenge of Cornwall and the race on foot of Briec
crowned Brittany: The vault Saint-Venec
crowned Brittany: The vault Holy-Cecile

List mayors

Jean-Paul the Side 2001 (PS)
Joseph Bernard 1989/2001
François Roland 1981/1989
Pierre Stephan 1959/1981
Yves the Page 1945/1959
Jean Pennarun 1941/1945
Herve Merour 1929/1941
Pierre Kerbourc' H 1925/1929
Jean Pennarun 1919/1925
Michel Growing 1908/1919
Jean Pennarun 1906/1908
Michel Growing 1904/1906
Herve Gac 1882/1904
Pierre Dandurand 1878/1882
Jean Bozec 1857/1878
Jean Roland 1855/1857
Jean Kerbourch 1848/1855
Herve Berre 1827/1848
François CreachcadicC 1806/1827
Yves Gougay 1803/1806
Jean Louet 1801/1803
Hénaff 1796/1801
Gougay 1794/1796
François Ducap 1793/1794
Yves Large the 01-1793/07-1793
Henry Hémon 01-1792/01-1793
Jean Pennanech 11-1791/12-1791

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