Peumerit

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Commune in Brittany, France

Peumerit Purid
Commune
The town hall in Peumerit. The town hall in Peumerit.
Coat of arms of Peumerit Coat of arms
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Peumerit is located in France Peumerit Peumerit Show map of France Peumerit is located in Brittany Peumerit Peumerit Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 47°56′22′′N 4°18′29′′W / 47.9394°N 4.3081°W / 47.9394; -4.3081
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Plonéour-Lanvern
Intercommunality	Haut-Pays Bigouden
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Louis Caradec^[1]
Area ¹	19.59 km² (7.56 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	903
• Density	46/km² (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29159 /29710
Elevation	6–127 m (20–417 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Peumerit (French pronunciation: [pømʁit] ; Breton: Purid), formerly Peumérit,^[3] is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

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Inhabitants of Peumerit are called Peumeritois in French.

History

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Modern period

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This municipality is known for events related to the revolt of the "bonnets rouges," translated as the red caps, in 1675. In 1759, an order from Louis XV required the parish of Peumerit to provide 20 men and pay 131 livres for "the annual expense of the coastguard of Brittany."

French Revolution

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The parish of Peumerit, which included 140 households, elected two delegates, Alain Le Brun and Pierre Canevet, to represent it at the Third Estate assembly of the seneschal of Quimper in the spring of 1789.

The 20th Century

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The expulsion of the clergy from the Peumerit Parish on 11 March 1909 led M. Duparc to ban all religious bell ringing, including for the Angélus and funerals. A priest stationed at the presbytery of Treogat was assigned the responsibility of visiting the sick, conducting funerals, and administering the sacraments.