Peumerit

Peumerit (Breton: Purid French pronunciation: ​[pømʁit]) formerly Peumérit,[2] is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Peumerit

Purid
Commune
The town hall in Peumerit
Coat of arms
Location of Peumerit
Peumerit
Peumerit
Coordinates: 47°56′22″N 4°18′29″W
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonPlonéour-Lanvern
IntercommunalityHaut-Pays Bigouden
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Jean-Louis Caradec
Area
1
19.59 km2 (7.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
803
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29159 /29710
Elevation6–127 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.

Population

Inhabitants of Peumerit are called in French Peumeritois.

History

Modern period

This municipally is known for facts related to the revolt of "bonnets rouges" traduce,the red caps,in 1675. In 1759, an order from Louis XV order to the parish of Peumerit to provide 20 men and to pay 131 livres for "the annual expense of the coastguard of Britain".

French Revolution

The parish of Peumerit, which included 140 fires, elects two delegates, Alain Le Brun and Pierre Canevet, for represent it to the third-state assembly of the seneschal of Quimper, in the spring of 1789.

The 20th Century

A political and religious life agitated

The expulsion of the clergy of the Peumerit Parish trains on the 11 March 1909 the decision of M.Duparc to ban all the religious ringtones, even for the Angélus and funerals, a priest installed in the presbytery of Treogat, is charged to visit ills, to proceed at funerals and administer the sacraments.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 9 June 2006.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Since 1 August 2012, Journal officiel de la République Française, 3 August 2012


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