Mûr-de-Bretagne
Part of Guerlédan in Brittany, France
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Mûr-de-Bretagne (French pronunciation: [myʁ də bʁətaɲ], literally Mûr of Brittany; Breton: Mur) is a town and former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune was merged into the new commune Guerlédan.[2]
Mûr-de-Bretagne
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Part of Guerlédan | |
The town hall of Mûr-de-Bretagne | |
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  Mûr-de-Bretagne Location within France  Mûr-de-Bretagne Location within Brittany | |
| Coordinates: 48°12′03″N 2°59′05″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Guingamp |
| Canton | Guerlédan |
| Commune | Guerlédan |
Area 1 | 29.80 km2 (11.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 2,088 |
| • Density | 70.07/km2 (181.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 22530 |
| Elevation | 69–290 m (226–951 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Mûr-de-Bretagne is a small town with shops, located east of the Lac de Guerlédan.
Toponymy
History
Transportation
The town was previously served by a train station. The line on which it was on is now a cycleway
Politics and administration
| Start | End | Name | Party | Other details |
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| 1809 | 1815 | Guillaume Michel Fraboullet | ||
| ... | ... | Raymond Hinault | ||
| June 1995 | 2008 | Alain Auffret | Independent | Farmer |
| March 2008 | ... | Georges Tilly | Independent | Retired, President of the CC |
| 2014 | In progress | Hervé Le Lu | Independent | Art director |
Demographics
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| From 1962 to 1999: Population without double counting; for the years following: municipal population. Source: Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1999[4] then INSEE from 2007[5][6][1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The inhabitants of Mûr-de-Bretagne are known in French as mûrois.
Local culture and heritage
Places and monuments
- The chapel Sainte-Suzanne is classified as an historical monument since 4 June 1952.[7] It is surrounded by oak trees painted around 1840-1850 by Jean-Baptiste Corot.[8]
- Church of Saint-Pierre: indoors, altars and chairs carved by a local artist. On the pulpit, sculpted panels represent the seven deadly sins.
- The Allée couverte de Coët Correc, classified as an historical monument on 8 November 1956.[9]
- Château de La Roche-Guéhennec
- Dam and Lake Guerlédan.
- Base de plein air et de loisirs de Guerlédan
Sport
Mûr has featured in multiple editions of the Tour de France Mûr was the end of the fourth stage of the 2011 Tour de France; Cadel Evans won the stage in 2011 and went on to win the Tour. Mûr hosted the finish of the eighth stage of the 2015 Tour de France. Alexis Vuillermoz took the win. On 17 October 2017, it was announced it would be the finish line for the 6th stage of the 2018 Tour de France on 12 July 2018. Irish cyclist Dan Martin from UAE Team Emirates XRG took the stage. On 27 June 2021, Mathieu van der Poel of Team Alpecin-Fenix won the second stage of the Tour de France at Mûr. And on 11 July 2025, Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates-XRG won stage seven of the Tour de France at Mûr.
| Year | Stage | Category | Start | Finish | Leader at the summit |
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| 2025 | 7 (2) | 3 | Saint-Malo | Mûr-de-Bretagne |  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) |
| 2025 | 7 (1) | 3 | Saint-Malo | Mûr-de-Bretagne |  Ewen Costiou (FRA) |
| 2021 | 2 (2) | 3 | Perros-Guirec | Mûr-de-Bretagne |  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) |
| 2021 | 2 (1) | 3 | Perros-Guirec | Mûr-de-Bretagne | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) |
| 2018 | 6 (2) | 3 | Brest | Mûr-de-Bretagne |  Daniel Martin (IRL) |
| 2018 | 6 (1) | 3 | Brest | Mûr-de-Bretagne |  Toms Skujiņš (LAT) |
| 2015 | 8 | 3 | Rennes | Mûr-de-Bretagne | Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA) |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | Lorient | Mûr-de-Bretagne |  Cadel Evans (AUS) |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | Auray | Saint-Brieuc | Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) |
| 2006 | 8 | 3 | Saint-Méen-le-Grand | Lorient | Sylvain Calzati (FRA) |
| 2004 | 8 | 3 | Lamballe | Quimper |  Ronny Scholz (GER) |
| 1993 | 3 | ? | Vannes | Dinard | Laurent Desbiens (FRA) |
| 1977 | 9 | 3 | Lorient | Rennes |  Lucien Van Impe (BEL) |
| 1947 | 19 | Vannes | Saint-Brieuc | Raymond Impanis (BEL) | |
| 1938 | 3[10] | Saint-Brieuc | Nantes |
Heraldry
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The arms of Mûr-de-Bretagne are blazoned : Of azure to a cross engrailed or, to a franc-canton gules, charged four macles of argent raised 2,2.
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See also
Bibliography
- Le Barzic, E. (1946). Mûr de Bretagne et sa région [Mur de Bretagne and its region]. Guide officiel du syndicat d'initiative (in French). Quimper: Nature et Bretagne. 480.
