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Country
  
France

Department
  
Côtes-d'Armor

Population (2008)
  
1,056

Local time
  
Monday 2:08 PM

Region
  
Brittany

Canton
  
Uzel

Area
  
6.79 km²

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Brieuc

Uzel

Intercommunality
  
Pays d'Uzel-près-l'Oust

Weather
  
15°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 57% Humidity

Uzel (or Uzel-près-l'Oust) 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.

Contents

Map of 22460 Uzel, France

The old school, in the centre of Uzel, was the scene of torture and killings by the Nazis and by the collarborationist 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.
  • References

    Uzel Wikipedia