Priziac

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
Priziac is located in France
Priziac
Priziac
Priziac is located in Brittany
Priziac
Priziac
Coordinates: 48°03′43″N 3°24′29″W
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentMorbihan
ArrondissementPontivy
CantonGourin
IntercommunalityRoi Morvan Communauté
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Dominique Le Niniven[1]
Area
1
44.63 km2 (17.23 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
965
  Density22/km2 (56/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

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%
1901 2,578+0.36%
YearPop.±% p.a.
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%
2007 1,026+0.50%
2012 1,003−0.45%
2017 976−0.54%
2020 965−0.38%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2020)[5][6]

Geography

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

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.

Map

Topographic map

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 February 10, 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 decembre 23, 1794.

Galery

Chapels

Civil heritage

Landscapes

See also

References

  1. "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  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
  6. Populations légales 2020, INSEE


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