trémaouézan

HISTORY
The remote past of Trémaouézan left very few traces. Nevertheless, several sites carry testimonys of occupations by civilizations going up to prehistory and antiquity.
Since the Middle Ages...
The very old existence of the worship of saint Jean, principal owner of Templars, a worship to which testify a vault dedicated to the saint in the church and a monumental fountain and relics that make it possible to think that Trémaouézan was a place of pilgrimage and stays of Templars during the Middle Ages.
These red monks, ménec' h-ruz, whose order was founded in 1119 and was removed in 1312 by the pope Clément V, traversed the area in their white dress trimmed of their stamp,that is an eastern cross registered in a circle...
Until the Revolution
The commune was provided with two fountains:
the fountain of Saint-Jean-Baptist and Notre-Dame fountain. The latter, famous for its capacities of cure, attracted all the year round innumerable pilgrims. But, the revolutionary authorities fill it due to nsalubrity.In1811, the project to conect Trémaouézan to Plouédern caused sharp protests: "With a population of 500 inhabitants, Trémaouézan cannot be put at the row of a small commune."

THE PAROCHIAL ENCLOSURE
The church Notre-Dame de Trémaouézan built in the XVth century, was considerably enlarged in 1597 by the junction of a vault called "the Saint-Jean Vault". The bell-tower, of a léonard type, destroyed by the thunderbolt in 1702, was rebuilt into 1714 thanks to the gifts of Tréviens
*. the porch, sculpted in granite of Kersanton, one of the most beautiful works of Renaissance architecture of our area, rises, majestic, on the southern side of the church. At the interior of the church, one discovers 5 altars, arranged in a straight line along the Eastern wall, a catafalque in carved oak of a rare model from now on, a splendid baptistry and many statues .The ossuary, bordering the enclosure of the cemetery, of rectangular form, with pinions provided with crossettes and symbolic animals such as the crawling (wolf, dog, dragon) dates back to the XVIth century.

A cross-martyrdom going back to 1530 is between the ossuary and the church, and carries 7 statues. The bubos on the column would refer to the plague. The fountain of Saint-Jean theBaptist (located at 200 m of the church), surrounded of a square enclosure of 5 meters, shelters in a niche a statue of saint Jean-Baptist under whom a stone in the shape of tomb of altar, decorated of a head of angel, carries the date of 1656.

THE WETLAND OF LANGAZEL
TrémaouéZau has a rich and varied natural inheritance, é, represented by the wetland of Langazel. Principal source of Faber Wrac' H, this particular site of 250 hectares is also the oldest known peat bog of the Armorican peninsula (10 000 years) .
Te landscapes (wet meadows, moors, pine forests, willow plantations, marsh) are marked by this water character.The reigning particular conditions in Langazel support an original fauna and flora. Many floral species are rare and protected there: plants carnivorous (drosera, grassette of Portugal...), mosses (sphagnums ). Moreover, the fauna there is very varied: squirrels, salamanders, owls moyenduc, a multitude of butterflies and other insects of the wetlands. The association of Langazel protects and manages the site by pastures of bovines and ponies. It organizes guided pedestrian excursions, thematic naturalists excursions, classes of nature and ecology... as well as the great annual festival of the Heather (in the end of August).
Association of Langazel Maison Commune
29800 TREMAOUEZAN
Tel.. 02 98 20 90 80
Faxes 02 98 20 88 06
Approved Association
E-mail : LANGAZEL@wanadoo.fr

LOCAL LIFE - ANIMATIONS
Today,
Trémaouézan is a commune of 450 inhabitants where it makes good to live, having an exceptional environment and having all the charm of a village of countryside with:
. . its church
. its elementary school with nursery and canteen
. its trade (grocers, inns).
But, it is also
an intense community life (10 associations)
.an outdoor centre functioning the school holidays (also accessible to the holiday makers)
.leisures: tennis, excursions, hunting, fishing
Not to miss, each year
the fire of Midsummer's Day (June)
Fireworks
Animations - Concert
· The festival of the Heather of nature and water (in the end of August)
• Great pastoral festival: village fair and Breton dances
pedestrian excursions,
• catering,
• diaporama and photo exhibition on the flora and fauna,
• visits with accompanying notes.
During the summer, the visitors will find an exhibition, a service of reception and information in the ossuary (enclosure of the parochial enclosure). For further information concerning these various events or the local life of Trémaouézan, contact the town hall. Tel.. 02 98 20 87 12 - Faxes 02 98 20 92 29 Internet site:
http://www.landemeau.com/tremaouezan/tremaouezan.htm