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Plumelec Pluveleg |
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The Church of Saint-Maurice, in Plumelec
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Location within Brittany region
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| Coordinates: 47°50′19″N 2°38′22″W / 47.8386°N 2.6394°WCoordinates: 47°50′19″N 2°38′22″W / 47.8386°N 2.6394°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-Brévelay | |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Jean-Brévelay Communauté | |
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| • Mayor (2014—2020) | Stéphane Hamon | |
| Area1 | 58.36 km2 (22.53 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999)2 | 2,337 | |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56172 /56420 | |
| Elevation | 27–165 m (89–541 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Plumelec (French pronunciation: [plymlɛk], Breton: Pluveleg) is a commune in the Morbihan department of the Brittany region, in north-western France.
The name of its people is Méléciens.
Plumelec is 95 kilometres (59 mi) west of Rennes via the RN24 road, and 132 kilometres (82 mi) north-west of Nantes via the RN165 road. The commune is situated on the Brittany peninsula and is approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the southern coast.
The Plumelec placename is composed of plou (parish) and Melec, patron of Plumelec (possibly Mellitus or Mellit via worship imported from the British Isles).
During World War II, on the night of 5–6 June 1944, the SAS team captain Pierre Marienne (9 Free French), responsible for the preparation of Operation Dingson, was accidentally parachuted near Plumelec, 800 metres (2,600 ft) from the la Grée Mill, where there was a German observation post. During the skirmish that ensued, corporal Émile Bouétard was killed: He was the first death of Operation Overlord.
On 12 July 1944 at dawn, 18 resistance fighters were murdered by French collaborators at Kerihuel: Seven paratroopers, eight rebels and three farmers (including Messrs. Alexandre and Rémi Gicquello, father and son, 46 and 18 years old, and Mr. Ferdinand-Mathurin Danet, 49 years). Captain Pierre Marienne, nicknamed the "lion" of Saint Marcel after the battle of 18 June, was one of the victims. Three weeks later, on Sunday 6 August, was the Liberation, American tanks travelled through in the direction of Vannes and Lorient.
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