Peumerit
Peumerit Purid | |
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 The town hall in Peumerit. | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Peumerit  | |
  Peumerit  Peumerit | |
| Coordinates: 47°56′22″N 4°18′29″W / 47.9394°N 4.3081°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Quimper |
| Canton | Plonéour-Lanvern |
| Intercommunality | Haut-Pays Bigouden |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Louis Caradec[1] |
Area 1 | 19.59 km2 (7.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 878 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29159 /29710 |
| Elevation | 6–127 m (20–417 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Peumerit (French pronunciation: [pømʁit]; Breton: Purid), formerly Peumérit,[3] is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Peumerit are called Peumeritois in French.
History
Modern period
This municipality is known for events related to the revolt of the "bonnets rouges," translated as the red caps, in 1675. In 1759, an order from Louis XV required the parish of Peumerit to provide 20 men and pay 131 livres for "the annual expense of the coastguard of Brittany."
French Revolution
The parish of Peumerit, which included 140 households, elected two delegates, Alain Le Brun and Pierre Canevet, to represent it at the Third Estate assembly of the seneschal of Quimper in the spring of 1789.
The 20th Century
The expulsion of the clergy from the Peumerit Parish on 11 March 1909 led M. Duparc to ban all religious bell ringing, including for the Angélus and funerals. A priest stationed at the presbytery of Treogat was assigned the responsibility of visiting the sick, conducting funerals, and administering the sacraments.
Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan for the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 9 June 2006.
See also
- Communes of the Finistère department
- Jacques Cariou, Olympic gold medalist from Peumerit and namesake of town sports stadium[4]
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Décret n° 2012-938 du 1er août 2012 portant changement de nom de communes, Légifrance
- ^ "Hommage à Jacques Cariou et jeux inter-quartiers. Peumerit 2024 : date, horaires, programme, tarifs". jds.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)
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