Pluherlin | Rochefort-en-Terre Tourism

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Pluherlin

Neighboring Rochefort-en-Terre, in the east of Morbihan, the commune of Pluherlin, which covers 3540 hectares, is characterized by a rugged relief between the last foothills of the Landes de Lanvaux, and the schistose ridges, called les Grées. Pluherlin is a rural commune of just over 1300 inhabitants where life is good…

Getting there

Discover its

History and heritage

His origins

His origin would come from ploue, parish and Hernin, Saint who evangelized Brittany around the 6th century.
Remove the time, and take a leap in the prehistory with the menhir of the Long Stone located on the site of Brambien, this one stands at more than 5 m high.

His chapels

On your journey, do not miss the Chapelle de Bon Réconfort, dating at least from the seventeenth century and housing a magnificent polychrome Christ on the cross, classified as a Monuments Historiques.

Not to mention the Chapelle Notre Dame de Cartudo, which also dates from the seventeenth century. It has a rectangular shape of fairly large size with very few openings. The triangular shape of the bell tower is more worked than in most chapels and topped by a cross. The fountain is located below. A date is engraved: 1776.

Escape to the Gées

An exceptional site

The Arz Valley

Nature 2000 protected area

Hiking trails

Many foot and mountain bike trails crisscross the commune of Pluherlin. The Grées, schist hills, offer a particularly picturesque and unusual landscape: slate quarries were exploited in this sector, which gives a particular character to this site. The nature is wild and preserved.

Beautiful hikes are available to you, discover the circuit des Palis (12 km) which dominates the Arz valley, a Nature 2000 protected area, takes long sunken paths and skirts thepond of Moulin Neuf. Escape also on the circuit la Ronde des Grées (29 km).

Many nature outings on the Grées are proposed by local associations.
Nature outings

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The Pluherlin slate quarries

Located in the communes of Pluherlin, Malansac and Rochefort-en-Terre, the Grées are schist hills. This flaky rock has been used for a long time. The intensive exploitation lasted from 1878 to the 1st World War. On Pluherlin, perpendicular to the river, a whole network of galleries communicating with each other was built in the rock. The quarries occupied up to 300 workers… Slate is very present in the local habitat: wall rubble, roofing slates, fencing palis on the edge of fields or paths.

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