Plouzévédé

Plouzévédé ( Gwitevede Breton ) is a commune with 1728 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Finistère in the Brittany region. It belongs to the Local Government Association, Pays de Landivisiau. Plouzévédé is the capital of the canton of the same name, composed of five more communities.

Geography

Plouzévédé is located in Pays de Léon, 19 kilometers northeast of Landerneau, between Saint- Vougay in the west and in the east Trézilidé. The Guillec flows through the municipal area. The hamlet Berven, Kerouez, Meslin, and Lanrioul Kervigodou belongs to the municipality.

History

The place name is ploe from the Breton word " parish ", and composed the name of the local saints Tévédé. Tévédé to have been a pupil of Paulinus Aurelianus († 573 ). In the Middle Ages the communities Tréflaouénan and Trézilidé belonged to the parish Plouzévédé. A local legend also states that the Holy Herveus ( 6th century ) was born in the hamlet Lanrioul.

During the Chouannerie in the Pays de Leon Berven was one of the rallying points of the rebels in March 1793.

Attractions

A prehistoric stele southeast of the village was provided in the 16th or 17th century with a Christian cross and now serves as a corridor cross.

The chapel in the hamlet Berven is regarded as a place of pilgrimage for children with gait disorders. The chapel was built from 1567 to 1575. Front of the chapel is a basin with a sacred spring. The building was classified as a monument historique in 1909, the source 1968.

The mansion was de Kerham Built in 1729, instead of a chapel from the 16th century. It is privately owned.

Economy

Major lines of business in Plouzévédé are agriculture and the breeding of domestic animals, there is also a nursery on site.