Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem

Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ nikɔla dy pelɛm]; Breton: Sant-Nikolaz-ar-Pelem) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem

Sant-Nikolaz-ar-Pelem
Commune
Place Kreisker in Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem
Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem
Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem
Coordinates: 48°18′50″N 3°09′47″W
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentCôtes-d'Armor
ArrondissementGuingamp
CantonRostrenen
IntercommunalityKreiz-Breizh
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Daniel Le Caër
Area
1
41.04 km2 (15.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,666
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
22321 /22480
Elevation139–291 m (456–955 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
17931,992—    
18002,021+1.5%
18062,057+1.8%
18212,113+2.7%
18312,538+20.1%
18362,641+4.1%
18412,660+0.7%
18462,668+0.3%
18512,760+3.4%
18562,614−5.3%
18612,448−6.4%
18662,838+15.9%
18722,747−3.2%
18762,830+3.0%
18812,800−1.1%
18862,886+3.1%
18912,910+0.8%
18962,929+0.7%
19012,973+1.5%
19063,105+4.4%
19113,273+5.4%
19213,039−7.1%
19262,820−7.2%
19312,735−3.0%
19362,488−9.0%
19462,398−3.6%
19542,137−10.9%
19622,191+2.5%
19682,102−4.1%
19752,106+0.2%
19822,023−3.9%
19901,922−5.0%
19991,843−4.1%
20081,798−2.4%

Inhabitants of Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem are called pélemois in French.

History

Prehistory

The cairn of Croaz Dom Herry, discovered in 2005, dates to the middle of the Neolithic, but has largely been quarried for its stones, particularly during the late Middle Ages; it has 4 circular funeral chambers, each about 3 meters in diameter, at the end of a long corridor.[2]

Roman period

The town that later became Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem was built 500 meters from the Roman road linking Vorgium (capital of the Osismii) with Corseul and Aleth (capital of the Coriosolites).

A large plateau surrounded by an artificial moat near Pélinec pond is sometimes considered to be the remains of a pre-Roman fortification of the Gauls,[3] or of a Roman camp, and sometimes as the remains of a medieval camp (Frotier de la Messelière reports having seen foundations for a circular stone tower).

Second World War

A monument to the deceased of Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem lists 32 individuals who perished during World War II.[4]

Le maquis Tito

During the German occupation, the a group of maquis of the FTP operating in the Côtes-du-Nord, was organized during the spring of 1943 in the rectangular area of Trémargat, Lanrivain, Peumerit-Quintin, and Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem, lead by Louis Pichouron, whose nom de guerre was "Commandant Alain".[5] In January 1944 they took the name of the "Tito Company", after Josip Broz Tito, leader of the communist resistance movement in Yugoslavia, with a team in Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem led by Théodore Le Nénan.

On November 11, 1943, Théodore Le Nénan killed a member of the Feldgendarmerie in Plouaret; on December 23 Georges Ollitrault attacked a German officer at Loudéac. An attack on the town hall of Saint-Nicodème resulted in the arrest of many members of the group at Trébrivan, and four were shot on May 6, 1944 at Ploufragan.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Yves Menez and Stéphane Hingant, "Fouilles et découvertes en Bretagne", éditions Ouest-France, INRAP, 2010 [ISBN 978-2-7373-5074-0]. Also Jean-Yves Tinevez et al., "Le cairn de Croaz Dom Herry et ses carrières de schiste (Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem - Côtes-d'Armor)", revue Gallia Préhistoire, 2012, volume 54-2, pages 191-238.
  3. Guide des lieux insolites et secrets de Bretagne, par Alain Dag’Naud, éditions Gisserot
  4. Memorialgenweb.org - Saint-Nicolas-du- Pélem : monument aux morts 1939-1945.
  5. Louis Pichouron, born on March 27, 1902, see Louis Pichouron,Mémoire d'un partisan breton Louis Pichouron Commandant Alain, Presses universitaires de Bretagne, 1970.
  6. http://www.memoresist.org/resistant/le-bozec-arsene-pierre-marie/
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