Pleumeleuc

Pleumeleuc Pleveleg
Location of Pleumeleuc
Land	Frankreich
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
Canton	Montfort-sur-Meu
Intercommunality	Pays de Montfort
Regierung
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patricia Cousin
Area 1	19.51 km2 (7.53 sq mi)
Population  (2008)	2,824
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35227 /35137
Elevation	43–112 m (141–367 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pleumeleuc (Breton: Pleveleg, Gallo: Ploemenoec) is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. It is located in the North West of France.

Geography

The town of Pleumeleuc is part of the county of Montfort-sur-Meu and of the town of Rennes.
It stretches over 19,51 km2 and had 2.824 inhabitants in 2009. La Vaunoise river goes through the town and many pedestrian paths follow the banks.

Histoire

Pleumeleuc was a former early parish which included the towns of Bédée, Breteil, Clayes, Le Lou-du-Lac and La Nouaye.
During the XIth century, the parish of Pleumeleuc was given to the benedictin monks of Saint-Melaine abbey.
In 1218, Raoul, bishop of Saint-Malo, made it know that the abbot of Saint-Melaine had introduced him to the clierc Pierre de Tinténiac to be in charge of the church of Pleumeleuc. Pierre de Tinténiac, reserving all the rights on the taxes of the parish for himself, the bishop said that he had entrusted him the souls and had left him the place in the church.
During the XVIIth century, the two priories of Bédée and Hédé shared the charges of Pleumeleuc. But, during the XVIIIth century, as the priest had to be paid, the monks of Saint-Melaine only asked for 2/3 of the tithe of Pleumeleuc and left all that was left to the priest for his own money bag.

Population

Inhabitants of Pleumeleuc are called Pleumeuleucois in French.

Historical population of Pleumeleuc
(Source: Insee)

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2007	2008	2009
Population	937	946	1110	1548	1929	2126	2376	2567	2706	2874
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Buildings and touristic places

Buildings

The church Saint-Pierre The early church is probably dated from the XIth century, when the benedictin monks of Saint-Melaine arrived to the parish.
We can still see nowadays on the wall of the nave of the church a cut in the shape of a fishbone which would probably date from this period.
The building had to be restored so most of the walls are dated from the XVth century. At first, the church was the Lord of Montfort-sur-Meu's because he had superiority and foundation rights on it.
However, in 1630, the Duke of Trémoille sold the church and so the rights on the monument to François Glé, Lord of La Besneraye. That's why we can see on the stained glass windows the flash of the Lords of La Besneraye. The chapels of the western side have been added during the XVIth century.

Touristic places

Valley of the Vaunoise river The Vaunoise river, 32 km long, crosses the North East of the district and is a nice steep-sided valley. Several marked paths follow the banks. Circuit de Vaunoise-La Motte The circuit starts next to the church of Pleumeleuc. It lasts 1h45 and is about 7 km long. The circuit follows the Vaunoise river for some time and goes through the countryside of Pleumeleuc. Circuit de Vaunoise-La Monneraye The start is also next to the church, near the roundabout of the town hall. It lasts 1h15 and is 5 km long. The circuit follows most of the time the Vaunoise river.

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association Template:Fr icon

External links

• Official website Pleumeleuc Template:Fr icon
• French Ministry of Culture list for Pleumeleuc Template:Fr icon