Our Blog - Plouescat, France

We stopped by the village of Plouescat for lunch. The origin of the name is not 100% agreed upon, but one somewhat logical idea goes back to the spelling of the village name in 1282 of "ploeresgat". The first part, 'ploe', means "parish" in old Breton, and then proper name "Resgat" ... so 'the parish of Resgat'. Like many places in Brittany, there are menhir's, dolmen's, and neolithic tools that have been found here. The population has been pretty stable, running between 3400 and 4200 people for the last 100 years or so.

Like many places, the market halls are right in the center of town and the life of the city is concentrated around them. It dates from the beginning of the 16th century.

Next to the halls is the church of Saint-Pierre, completed in 1870 in the neo-Gothic style. It is a very typical Brittany church, with a wooden inverted-boat ceiling although it is painted more of a green than a blue color, with red ribs. The Gothic arches on both sides of the nave separate it from the 2 side aisles. The organ and its carved wooden balcony is above the rear entry door.

Most of the windows seem quite new, based on the style, but there was one in the choir that seemed like it was an original window.