Le Vieux-Marché (French pronunciation: [lə vjø maʁʃe] ; Breton: Ar C'houerc'had) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Le Vieux-Marché
Ar C'houerc'had | |
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 The church of Notre-Dame, in Le Vieux-Marché | |
Location of Le Vieux-Marché  | |
  Le Vieux-Marché  Le Vieux-Marché | |
| Coordinates: 48°36′28″N 3°26′48″W / 48.6078°N 3.4467°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Lannion |
| Canton | Plestin-les-Grèves |
| Intercommunality | Lannion-Trégor Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Garzuel[1] |
| Area 1 | 23.13 km2 (8.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,273 |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22387 /22420 |
| Elevation | 27–192 m (89–630 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
editInhabitants of Le Vieux-Marché are called vieux-marchois in French.
History
editSince the 6th century, a sanctuary dedicated to the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus existed in the town (possibly brought here by oriental monks). Between 1703 and 1704, a chapel was built on top of it in the form of a Latin cross oriented towards the east. It has two side chapels and the one on the south side is built over the dolmen of Stiffell which forms the crypt.[3]
During the time of the Algerian War, Louis Massignon, a catholic scholar of Islam, established a Christian-Muslim pilgrimage to this place as the Seven Sleepers are venerated both in Christianity and Islam. He had discovered the place through his daughter, Geneviève Massignon and it began to hold an important place in his spirituality. Starting in 1954, he set up the pilgrimages modelled after typical Breton pardons which since 1955 have been also attended by Muslims.[3]
After the end of French Algeria, the bell of the Catholic cathedral in Algiers was hung in the church of Vieux-Marché in 1965.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c O'Mahony, Anthony (18 November 2021). "Louis Massignon, the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus and the Christian-Muslim pilgrimage at Vieux-Marché, Brittany". In Bartholomew, Craig; Hughes, Fred (eds.). Explorations in a Christian Theology of Pilgrimage. Routledge. pp. 126–149. ISBN 978-1-351-93766-5. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
External links
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- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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