commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Morbihan
Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastli ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
in north-western
France
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Inhabitants of Priziac are called in French ''Priziacois''. The commune's population has been divided by three within a century because of rural exodus.
Geography
Priziac is located in the northwestern part of the Morbihan, west of
Pontivy
Pontivy (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest. Inhabitants of Pontivy are called ''Pontivyens'' in French.
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History
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and north of
Lorient
Lorient (; ) is a town (''Communes of France, commune'') and Port, seaport in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in western France.
History
Prehistory and classical antiquity
Beginn ...
. Historically, it belongs to
Vannetais
Vannes (; br, Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago.
History Celtic Era
The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who live ...
. Near the village centre is the Bel Air lake, with an area of 54 hectares. Apart from the village centre, there are about one hundred hamlets. Most of the hamlets consist in two or three houses but others are larger. In the past, the hamlet of Botquenven had more inhabitants than the village of Priziac.
Langonnet
Langonnet () is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
Geography
Langonnet is in north-west part of Cornouaille, in Lower Brittany. It's one of the few Cornouaille parishes that are now in the Morbihan departm ...
to the west, by
Plouray
Plouray (; br, Plourae) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Plouray are called in French ''Plouraysiens''.
Population
Plouray's population peaked at 1,991 in 1936 and declined to 1,062 in ...
to he north, by
Meslan
Meslan (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Meslan are called in French ''Meslannais''.*
Population
Geography
Historically it belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet. Apart from the v ...
to the south,
Saint-Tugdual
Saint-Tugdual (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Saint-Tugdual are called in French ''Tugdualais''.
Geography
Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet.
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and
Le Croisty
Le Croisty (; br, Ar C'hroesti) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Le Croisty are called in French ''Croistyates''.
Toponymy
From the breton ''kroaz'' which means cross and ''ty'' whic ...
to the east.
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History
Middle Ages
The fortified castle of La Roche Piriou stood on the top of a hill near the confluence of the river Ellé and the river Aër. It was besieged unsuccessfully by the troops of Walter of Mauny during the
War of the Breton Succession
The War of the Breton Succession (, ) was a conflict between the Counts of Blois and the Montfort of Brittany, Montforts of Brittany for control of the Sovereign Duchy of Brittany, then a fief of the Kingdom of France. It was fought betwee ...
Guy Éder de La Fontenelle
Guy Éder de Beaumanoir de la Haye (1573 – September 1602), also known by his nicknames La Fontenelle or ''Ar Bleiz'' (the "Wolf" in Breton), was a French nobleman, seigneur de Le Vieux-Bourg, de Saint-Gildas et du Leslay, and a warlord acti ...
, a nobleman at the head of a band of 400 riders, seized the fortified castle of Cremenec, in Priziac, on february 10, 1595.
French Revolution
The first mayor of Priziac, Jean Le Roux, was murdered by a band of chouans in his house in the village of Kerveno, on decembre 23, 1794.
Galery
Chapels
Priziac_chapelle_Saint_Yves.JPG, Chapel Saint Yves.
Priziac_St_Nicolas.JPG, Chapel Saint-Nicolas.
Priziac_chapelle_La_Madeleine.jpg, Chapel La Madeleine.
Priziac chapelle Notre Dame de Poulran.jpg, Chapel de Notre-Dame de Poulran.
Priziac Notre Dame de Lotavy.JPG, Chapel Notre-Dame de Lotavy.
Priziac_chapelle_Saint_Guenole.jpg, Chapel Saint-Guénolé.
Civil heritage
Priziac_allée_couverte_de_Botquenven.jpg, Gallery grave of Botquenven.
Priziac manoir bourg.JPG, Manor of the Bourg.
Priziac_manoir_de_Plascaër.jpg, Manor of Plascaër.
Landscapes
Ellé à la chapelle Sainte-Barbe.JPG, River Ellé
Priziac étang du bel-air.JPG, Lake Bel Air
Voiliers au mouillage au Lac du Bel Air de Priziac.jpg, Lake Bel Air
See also
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Communes of the Morbihan department
The following is a list of the 249 communes of the Morbihan department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Gaston-Auguste Schweitzer
Gaston-Auguste Schweitzer (born in Montreuil-sous-Bois on 1 September 1879; died in Paris in 1962) was a French sculptor.
Brief biography
His father was from Alsace. He studied at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts under Alexandre Falguière, Ant ...