The Course | Rochefort-en-Terre Tourism

The Course

Le Cours is located in the northwest of the Questembert Country, at the very diffuse border between the Breton Country and the Gallo Country as evidenced by the names of the villages, some of which begin with ‘CAR‘, a Gallo prefix, and others with ‘KER‘, the Breton prefix. Very wooded rural municipality, with an area of 1,568 ha for a population of 673 inhabitants. It is divided between agricultural activity and forestry…

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History and heritage

His origins

Le Cours became a commune on March 17, 1932. Before, it was attached to the commune of Molac under the name Le Cours-de-Molac. Its history is therefore intimately linked to that of its mother parish. In the 12th century, the arrival of the knights of St-John-of-Jerusalem constitutes one of the great events in the history of Le Cours. They erect an almshouse with a chapel that is attached in the 14th century to the temple of Carentoir…

His monuments

The castle of Trégouët, a renowned historical place, was the residence of the lords of Molac… Owned today by the lineage of De Chabannes. The town is also rich in small heritage: its church of the nineteenth century, its chapel of Priziac and the adjoining priory now transformed into a multipurpose room of the town, old farms, a mill renovated for chambres-dhotes-de-charact, a few wells and especially 27 old bread ovens listed on the territory…

The Chapel of Priziac is mentioned as early as the 12th century under the form Parciacum and honored under the vocation of the Immaculate Conception. Near this chapel, a women’s monastery that depended on the abbey of St. Sulpice of Rennes existed.

Rejuvenate yourself

In the middle of nature

A country and wooded setting

Hiking trails

A heavily wooded municipality, Le Cours invites hiking, it offers a natural and wooded environment conducive to calm and relaxation. Its dense and welcoming forests engage in the discovery of fauna and flora. You can admire asphodel, daffodils, foxgloves…, dream at the foot of the hundred-year-old oak tree or relax in the well-preserved bocage along the many waterways…

Priziac circuit 13km

Discover the GR de Pays® Vannes-Lauvaux which passes through Le Cours. This route, marked in red and yellow, offers the discovery of the Vannes hinterland, through the wooded and hilly Landes de Lanvaux to the Petite Cité de Caractère of Rochefort-en-Terre.

The GRP Vannes-Lanvaux

The celebration of the chapel of Priziac

An unmissable event

Every summer, the feast of the chapel of Priziac, the day of forgiveness, is celebrated on the last Sunday of July, more than a thousand guests gather at the meal.
this festival is an institution for the commune, it celebrated its 40 years in 2019.

The first part of the day is traditional with mass at 11:00 am,
then the meal served by the youth of the commune.
In the afternoon, groups of sea songs, as well as Breton dances.
At the end of the day, fricassee and concert, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, and then place ball for the end of the evening…