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Country
  
France

Department
  
Intercommunality
  
Pays de Josselin

Area
  
4.48 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 6:30 AM

Region
  
Canton
  
Josselin

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
2,469 (2011)

Arrondissement
  
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Weather
  
3°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 100% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Josselin Castle, Basilique Notre Dame du, Musée de poupées et jouets

Josselin (Breton: Josilin) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

Contents

Map of 56120 Josselin, France

History

St Meriadek is said to have founded a chapel there during the 4th century. Much later Josslein became a stronghold of the House of Rohan.

An alternative explanation for the location of the chapel concerns a labourer who in 808 discovered a wooden statue in the brambles which enabled his hitherto blind daughter to see. A chapel was constructed on the site of this miracle which subsequently grew into a church (parts of which date back to the twelfth century). A fresco in the church now recalls the Combat of the Thirty summarized below.

In 1351, during the Breton War of Succession (part of the Hundred Years' War), two groups of approximately 30 English knights (led by Robert Bramborough, the English captain of Ploërmel) and Franco-Breton knights (commanded by Jean de Beaumanoir, captain of Josselin) staged an arranged combat at a spot halfway between the Chateau de Josselin and Ploërmel. The Franco-Breton side eventually won after killing or capturing the English force, including Bramborough. This episode was later known as the Combat of the Thirty.

The Castle of Josselin can still be seen today, although only four of the original nine towers remain after the Cardinal Richelieu ordered the castle partially demolished in 1629.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Josselin are called Josselinais.

Breton language

In 2008, 16.05% of children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.

Twin towns

Josselin is twinned with:

Alzey, Germany Tard, Hungary Brechin, Scotland, UK

References

Josselin Wikipedia


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