Mûr-de-Bretagne (, literally Mûr of Brittany; ) is a town and former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune was merged into the new commune Guerlédan.Arrêté préfectoral 30 August 2016
Geography
Mûr-de-Bretagne is a small town with shops, located east of the Lac de Guerlédan.
Toponymy The old forms of the name are: Mur (1283), Mur (1368), Mur (1516), Mur (1536), Meur (1630).
The name of the commune translated into Breton is Mur.
History
Transportation The town was previously served by a train station. The line on which it was on is now a cycleway
Politics and administration + List of mayors of Mûr-de-Bretagne Start End Name Party Other details1809 1815Guillaume Michel Fraboullet ......Raymond Hinault June 1995 2008Alain Auffret IndependentFarmerMarch 2008 ... Georges Tilly Independent Retired, President of the CC2014In progress Hervé Le LuIndependentArt director
Demographics
The inhabitants of Mûr-de-Bretagne are known in French as mûrois.
Local culture and heritage Places and monuments
The chapel Sainte-Suzanne is classified as an historical monument since 4 June 1952. It is surrounded by oak trees painted around 1840-1850 by Jean-Baptiste Corot. Church of Saint-Pierre: indoors, altars and chairs carved by a local artist. On the pulpit, sculpted panels represent the seven deadly sins. The , classified as an historical monument on 8 November 1956.
and Lake Guerlédan.
Sport
Mûr has featured in multiple editions of the Tour de France Mûr was the end of the fourth stage of the 2011 Tour de France; Cadel Evans won the stage in 2011 and went on to win the Tour. Mûr hosted the finish of the eighth stage of the 2015 Tour de France. Alexis Vuillermoz took the win. On 17 October 2017, it was announced it would be the finish line for the 6th stage of the 2018 Tour de France on 12 July 2018. Irish cyclist Dan Martin from took the stage. On 27 June 2021, Mathieu van der Poel of Team Alpecin-Fenix won the second stage of the Tour de France at Mûr. And on 11 July 2025, Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates-XRG won stage seven of the Tour de France at Mûr.
YearStageCategoryStartFinishLeader at the summit20257 (2)3Saint-Malo Mûr-de-Bretagne 20257 (1)3Saint-Malo Mûr-de-Bretagne 20212 (2)3Perros-Guirec Mûr-de-Bretagne 20212 (1)3Perros-Guirec Mûr-de-Bretagne 20186 (2)3Brest Mûr-de-Bretagne 20186 (1)3 Brest Mûr-de-Bretagne201583Rennes Mûr-de-Bretagne201143 Lorient Mûr-de-Bretagne200823 Auray Saint-Brieuc 200683Saint-Méen-le-Grand Lorient 200483Lamballe Quimper 19933?Vannes Dinard 197793Lorient Rennes 194719Vannes Saint-Brieuc 19383L'itinéraire détaillée de la 2e étape 1938 sur L'Auto, 6 juillet 1938.Saint-Brieuc Nantes
Heraldry
See also Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department Lac de Guerlédan
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