Uzel

For other uses, see Uzel (disambiguation).

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Commune
The town hall of Uzel
Coat of arms
Location of Uzel
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Coordinates: 48°17′N 2°50′W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Guerlédan
Intercommunality	Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guénaël Choupaux
Area 1	6.79 km2 (2.62 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	1,134
• Density	167/km2 (433/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22384 /22460
Elevation	116–238 m (381–781 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Uzel (French pronunciation: [yzɛl]; 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.

The old school, in the centre of Uzel, was the scene of torture and killings by the Nazis and by the collaborationist Bezen Perrot, in 1944.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	899	—
1975	926	+0.42%
1982	990	+0.96%
1990	943	−0.61%
1999	897	−0.55%
2007	1,028	+1.72%
2012	1,113	+1.60%
2017	1,046	−1.23%
2023	1,134	+1.36%
Source: INSEE

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.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)