Uzel is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Côtes-d'Armor

Côtes-d'Armor

Côtes-d'Armor is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France.-History:Côtes-du-Nord was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Brittany. Its name was changed in 1990 to...

 department in Brittany in northwestern France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. It is about 100 km (62.1 mi) west-northwest of Rennes

Rennes

Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...

 and 15 km (9.3 mi) north-west-north of Loudéac

Loudéac

Loudéac is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.-A market town:Loudéac is a very pretty market town with many traditional buildings and mediaeval streets to enjoy. The weekly market, which sells the best and freshest of local produce, goes on as it has for...

.

The old school in the centre of Uzel was the scene of torture and killings by the Nazis and by the French Nazi sympathisers Bezen Perrot

Bezen Perrot

The Bezen Perrot was a Breton collaborationist force during the Nazi occupation of France that grew from the earlier Lu Brezhon militia. Led by Célestin Lainé and Alan Heusaff, as many as 70 to 80 people joined the ranks of the Bezen Perrot, or "Perrot Unit", at one point or another...

 in 1944.

Population

The inhabitants of Uzel are known in French as uzelais.

Personalities

• Fulgence Bienvenüe
  Fulgence Bienvenüe
  Fulgence Bienvenüe was a French civil engineer, best known for his role in the construction of the Paris Métro....
  
  , chief engineer for the Paris Métro in 1896, was born in Uzel in 1852.
• Alphonse Guépin
  Alphonse Guépin
  Alphonse Guépin, born in Uzel on 17 February 1808 – died in Saint-Brieuc on 8 December 1878 was a French architect and building restorer.He was specialized in churches in Côtes-d'Armor.* Saint-Pierre church in Plessala...
  
  , architect, born in Uzel in 1808.

External links

• French Ministry of Culture list for Uzel