Uzel

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Uzel Uzel
Commune
The town hall of Uzel
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°17′N 2°50′W / 48.28°N 2.84°W / 48.28; -2.84Coordinates: 48°17′N 2°50′W / 48.28°N 2.84°W / 48.28; -2.84
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Mûr-de-Bretagne
Intercommunality	Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gwenaël Choupaux
Area 1	6.79 km2 (2.62 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	1,046
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22384 /22460
Elevation	116–238 m (381–781 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Uzel (French pronunciation: ​[yzɛl]; or Uzel-près-l'Oust^[2]) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is about 100 km (62 mi) west-northwest of Rennes and 15 km (9.3 mi) north-northwest of Loudéac.

The old school, in the centre of Uzel, was the scene of torture and killings by the Nazis and by the collaborationist Bezen Perrot, in 1944.

Population[]

The inhabitants of Uzel are known in French as uzelais.

Personalities[]

• Fulgence Bienvenüe, chief engineer for the Paris Métro in 1896, was born in Uzel in 1852.
• Alphonse Guépin, architect, born in Uzel in 1808.
• Yves Morvan, romanesque art specialist, born in Uzel in 1932.

See also[]

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

References[]

External links[]

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• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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