Priziac (French pronunciation: [pʁizjak]; Breton: Prizieg) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[3]

Priziac
Prizieg
The Church of Saint-Beheau in Priziac
The Church of Saint-Beheau in Priziac
Coat of arms of Priziac
Location of Priziac
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Priziac is located in France
Priziac
Priziac
Priziac is located in Brittany
Priziac
Priziac
Coordinates: 48°03′43″N 3°24′29″W / 48.0619°N 3.4081°W / 48.0619; -3.4081
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentMorbihan
ArrondissementPontivy
CantonGourin
IntercommunalityRoi Morvan Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Dominique Le Niniven[1]
Area
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44.63 km2 (17.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,011
 • Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
56182 /56320
Elevation56–230 m (184–755 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

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Inhabitants of Priziac are called in French Priziacois. The commune's population has been divided by three within a century because of rural exodus.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,079—    
1800 2,071−0.06%
1806 1,830−2.04%
1821 2,089+0.89%
1831 2,021−0.33%
1836 2,062+0.40%
1841 2,068+0.06%
1846 2,252+1.72%
1851 2,257+0.04%
1856 2,206−0.46%
1861 2,214+0.07%
1866 2,213−0.01%
1872 2,415+1.47%
1876 2,636+2.21%
1881 2,425−1.65%
1886 2,255−1.44%
1891 2,519+2.24%
1896 2,532+0.10%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 2,578+0.36%
1906 2,830+1.88%
1911 3,007+1.22%
1921 2,995−0.04%
1926 2,957−0.26%
1931 2,872−0.58%
1936 2,853−0.13%
1946 2,722−0.47%
1954 2,389−1.62%
1962 1,862−3.07%
1968 1,640−2.09%
1975 1,367−2.57%
1982 1,210−1.73%
1990 1,074−1.48%
1999 986−0.95%
2009 1,046+0.59%
2014 995−0.99%
2020 965−0.51%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2020)[5]

Geography

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Priziac is located in the northwestern part of the Morbihan, 33 km (21 mi) west of Pontivy and 35 km (22 mi) 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

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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.

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History

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Middle Ages

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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

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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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Chapels

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Civil heritage

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Landscapes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Priziac, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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