Plœuc-sur-Lié
Plœuc-sur-Lié (; ) is a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Plœuc-l'Hermitage. Geography Climate Plœuc-sur-Lié has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Plœuc-sur-Lié is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Plœuc-sur-Lié was on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 January 1997. Population Inhabitants of Plœuc-sur-Lié are called plœucois in French. History The oldest antiquity may be the menhir of Bayo. In 1643, as a reward for services rendered at the siege of La Rochelle (1627-1628), King Louis XIV granted Sebastian de Ploeuc the right to hold four fairs a year and also a weekly market. In 1664, the de Ploeuc family sold its lands to the La Rivières, whose coat of arms can still be seen on the Moulien de la Corbière. The Count de La Rivière was the ancestor of Lafayette, who sold his estates at Ploeuc to cover the expenses which