Priziac Explained

Priziac
Native Name:Prizieg
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Priziac (Morbihan).svg
Coordinates:48.0619°N -3.4081°W
Insee:56182
Postal Code:56320
Arrondissement:Pontivy
Canton:Gourin
Mayor:Dominique Le Niniven[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Roi Morvan Communauté
Elevation Min M:56
Elevation Max M:230
Area Km2:44.63

Priziac (in French pronounced as /pʁizjak/;) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[2]

Population

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, 33km (21miles) west of Pontivy and 35km (22miles) north of Lorient. Historically, it belongs to Vannetais. 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.

Neighbouring communes

Priziac is border by Le Faouët and Langonnet to the west, by Plouray to he north, by Meslan to the south, Saint-Tugdual and Le Croisty to the east.

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

Guy Éder de La Fontenelle, a nobleman at the head of a band of 400 riders, seized the fortified castle of Cremenec, in Priziac, on 10 February 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 23 December 1794.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maires du Morbihan. 7 July 2020. Préfecture du Morbihan.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM56182-priziac INSEE commune file