Mûr-de-Bretagne

Mûr-de-Bretagne (Breton: Mur) is a town and former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune was merged into the new commune Guerlédan.[2]

Mûr-de-Bretagne

Mur
Part of Guerlédan
The town hall of Mûr-de-Bretagne
Coat of arms
Location of Mûr-de-Bretagne
Mûr-de-Bretagne
Mûr-de-Bretagne
Coordinates: 48°12′03″N 2°59′05″W
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentCôtes-d'Armor
ArrondissementGuingamp
CantonMûr-de-Bretagne
CommuneGuerlédan
Area
1
29.80 km2 (11.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
2,026
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
22530
Elevation69–290 m (226–951 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography
Map of the former commune

Mûr-de-Bretagne is a small town with shops, located east of the Lac de Guerlédan.

Toponymy

The old forms of the name are: Mur (1283), Mur (1368), Mur (1516), Mur (1536), Meur (1630).[3]

The name of the commune translated into Breton is Mur.[3]

History

Transportation

The town was previously served by a train station. The line on which it was on is now a cycleway

Politics and administration
List of mayors of Mûr-de-Bretagne
Start End Name Party Other details
1809 1815 Guillaume Michel Fraboullet
... ... Raymond Hinault
June 1995 2008 Alain Auffret Independent Farmer
March 2008 ... Georges Tilly Independent Retired, President of the CC
2014 In progress Hervé Le Lu Independent Art director

Demographics

In 2016, the municipality had 2,173 inhabitants.This population accounts for the former commune. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses carried out in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, communes with less 10,000 population have real censuses held every five years, unlike other municipalities that have a sample survey each year.[note 1][note 2]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17931,891—    
18002,096+10.8%
18061,819−13.2%
18211,951+7.3%
18312,354+20.7%
18362,283−3.0%
18412,267−0.7%
18462,413+6.4%
18512,403−0.4%
18562,333−2.9%
YearPop.±%
18612,362+1.2%
18662,534+7.3%
18722,510−0.9%
18762,508−0.1%
18812,581+2.9%
18862,528−2.1%
18912,433−3.8%
18962,489+2.3%
19012,574+3.4%
19062,436−5.4%
YearPop.±%
19112,417−0.8%
19212,254−6.7%
19262,149−4.7%
19312,233+3.9%
19362,265+1.4%
19462,409+6.4%
19542,116−12.2%
19622,125+0.4%
19682,075−2.4%
19752,105+1.4%
YearPop.±%
19822,091−0.7%
19902,049−2.0%
19992,090+2.0%
20052,084−0.3%
20062,096+0.6%
20102,108+0.6%
20122,106−0.1%
20162,173+3.2%
From 1962 to 1999: Population without double counting; for the years following: municipal population.
Source: Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1999[4] then INSEE from 2004[5]

The inhabitants of Mûr-de-Bretagne are known in French as mûrois.

Local culture and heritage

Places and monuments
The Chapel of Sainte-Suzanne
  • The chapel Sainte-Suzanne is classified as an historical monument since 4 June 1952.[6] It is surrounded by oak trees painted around 1840-1850 by Jean-Baptiste Corot.[7]
  • Church of Saint-Pierre: indoors, altars and chairs carved by a local artist. On the pulpit, sculpted panels represent the seven deadly sins.
  • The Allée couverte de Coët Correc, classified as an historical monument on 8 November 1956.[8]
  • Château de La Roche-Guéhennec
  • Dam and Lake Guerlédan.
  • Base de plein air et de loisirs de Guerlédan

Sport
A painting of Jean Robic - Mûr-de-Bretagne - Tour de France 2011.

Mûr was the end of the fourth stage of the 2011 Tour de France; Cadel Evans won the stage in 2011 and went on to win the Tour. Mûr hosted the finish of the eighth stage of the 2015 Tour de France. Alexis Vuillermoz took the win. On 17 October 2017, it was announced it would be the finish line for the 6th stage of the 2018 Tour de France on 12 July 2018. Irish cyclist Dan Martin from UAE Team Emirates took the stage.

Heraldry
Arms of Mûr-de-Bretagne
 The arms of Mûr-de-Bretagne are blazoned :
Of azure to a cross engrailed or, to a franc-canton gules, charged four macles of argent raised 2,2.

See also

Bibliography
  • Le Barzic, E. (1946). Mûr de Bretagne et sa région [Mur de Bretagne and its region]. Guide officiel du syndicat d'initiative (in French). Quimper: Nature et Bretagne. 480.

Notes
  1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the terms of census have been amended by Act No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, called "grassroots democracy law" on the democracy of proximity and in particular Title V "of census operations", in order, after a power transition period from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with populations greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is carried out annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is included at the end of the same period of five years. The first post-legal population from 1999, and fitting in the new system which came into force on 1 January 2009, is the census of 2006.
  2. In the census table, by Wikipedia convention, the principle was retained for subsequent legal populations since 1999 not to display the census populations in the table corresponding to the year 2006, the first published legal population calculated according to the concepts defined in Decree No. 2003-485 of 5 June 2003, and the years corresponding to an exhaustive census survey for municipalities with less than 10,000 inhabitants, and the years 2006, 2011, 2016, etc. For municipalities with more than 10,000, the latest legal population is published by INSEE for all municipalities.

References
  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 30 August 2016 (in French)
  3. "Résultats concernant " Mûr-de-Bretagne "". la base KerOfis. Office public de la langue bretonne.
  4. "Mûr-de-Bretagne" [Mûr-de-Bretagne] (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. "Mûr-de-Bretagne" [Mûr-de-Bretagne] (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2015., "22158-Mûr-de-Bretagne 2006" [22158-Mûr-de-Bretagne 2006] (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2015., "22158-Mûr-de-Bretagne 2010" [22158-Mûr-de-Bretagne 2010] (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2015. and "22158-Mûr-de-Bretagne 2012" [22158-Mûr-de-Bretagne 2012] (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. "Monuments historiques". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  7. "Joconde". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  8. "Monuments historiques". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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