Mûr-de-Bretagne (, literally ''Mûr of

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''; ) is a town and former commune in the

Côtes-d'Armor The Côtes-d'Armor ( , ; ; , ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord until 1990 (, ), is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.department,

, northwestern

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. On 1 January 2017, the former commune was merged into the new commune

Guerlédan Guerlédan (; ) is a commune in the department of Côtes-d'Armor, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Mûr-de-Bretagne (the seat) and Saint-Guen. 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). The name of the commune translated into

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally **Breton people **Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Gale ...

is ''Mur''.

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

Demographics

In 2017, the municipality had 2,026 inhabitants.Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017
INSEE This population accounts for the former commune. The inhabitants of Mûr-de-Bretagne are known in French as ''mûrois''.

Local culture and heritage

Places and monuments

*The chapel Sainte-Suzanne is classified as an

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since 4 June 1952. It is surrounded by oak trees painted around 1840-1850 by Jean-Baptiste Corot. *Church of Saint-Pierre: indoors, altars and chairs carved by a local artist. On the pulpit, sculpted panels represent the

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. *The , classified as an historical monument on 8 November 1956. * * and

Lake Guerlédan Lake Guerlédan (; ) is an artificial lake in the centre of Brittany, France. It extends across the borders of the departments of Morbihan and Côtes-d'Armor, within the communes of Saint-Aignan, Morbihan and Mûr-de-Bretagne. At an elevation of ...

. *

Sport

Mur de Bretagne - Tour de France Velo 2011 - Peinture de Jean-Robic

Mûr has featured in multiple editions of the

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Mûr was the end of the fourth stage of the

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;

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won the stage in 2011 and went on to win the Tour. Mûr hosted the finish of the eighth stage of the

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took the win. On 17 October 2017, it was announced it would be the finish line for the 6th stage of the

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on 12 July 2018. Irish cyclist Dan Martin from took the stage. On 27 June 2021,

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of Team Alpecin-Fenix won the second stage of the

at Mûr. And on 11 July 2025, Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates-XRG won stage seven of the

Toponymy

History

Transportation

Politics and administration

Demographics

Local culture and heritage

Places and monuments

Sport

Heraldry

See also

Bibliography

References

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