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Flag of Évran - Image by Arnaud Leroy, 9 October 2005
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The municipality of Évran (1,757 inhabitants in 2019; 2,356 ha) is located 10 km south of Dinan and 10 km north of Bécherel.
Évran might have been named either from Gaulish equo, "water", or from
Gaulish eburo, "a yew". The early parish of Évran was made with parts of
the even earlier parishes of Plouasne (south of Linon) and Plesder
(north of Linon).
Évran was first mentioned in 1156, when the bishop of Saint-Malo confirmed the possession of the St. Peter church in "Ivran" to the monastery of
Léhon, located near Dinan. A charter dated 1182 mentions "Ewram" on the
list of the goods of the Knight Templars, who owned in the past a
hamlet called L'Hôpital in the south of the village. In 1196, yet
another charter mentions lord Hugues de Ewram, father of Geffroy
(mentioned himself as Gaufridus de Ewran in 1213). In 1198, there was a
big dispute between the Prior of Léhon and Robert de Broons, both of
them claiming the tithe collected in Évran. The prior won the case.
The powerful family of Beaumanoir built the eponymic castle in Évran in
1212. The castle was destroyed during the Wars of Religion in the
beginning of the 16th century and rebuilt in style Louis XIII in 1628
by François Peschart, Councillor at the Parliament of Brittany.
In the beginning of the 13th century, Hervé de Beaumanoir and several Breton knights revolted against John Lackland after he had murdered his
nephew Arthur, the young Duke of Brittany. Jean III de Beaumanoir, lord of
Merdrignac and La Hardouinaye and Marshal of Brittany,
Governor of Josselin for Charles de Blois, one of the two pretenders to the throne of Brittany involved in the War of Succession
of Brittany, was among the winners of the
famous Combat des Trentes fought on 27 March 1531. The
last Beaumanoir, Emmanuel-Henri, Marquis de Lavardin, was killed during
the battle of Speyer (Germany) in 1703.
In 1359, Constable Bertrand Du Guesclin was attacked and captured near
Évran by English troops commanded by Robin Adar.
On 24 July 1363, Charles de Blois and Jean de Montfort signed the
treaty of the Moors of Évran, expected to end the War of Succession of
Brittany. However, the war ended only in 1365 when Charles
de Blois died during the battle of Auray.
The municipality of Évran was formed in 1790. The village of
Saint-Judoce was incorporated to the new municipality but separated to
form an independent municipality in 1803. The municipal territory was
further modified by Order of 7 September 1840 (exchange of enclaves
with Saint-André-des-Eaux); by Law of 2 June 1844 (exchange of enclaves
with Saint-Judoce); and by Law of 6 April 1934 (separation of the
northern part of the municipality to form the municipality of Les
Champs-Géraux).
[InfoBretagne]
Ivan Sache, 9 October 2005
The flag of Évran (photo)
is a vertical banner of the municipal arms, "Azure ten billets
argent 4 + 3 + 2 + 1).
These are the arms of Beaumanoir, as shown on a seal dated
1379, also used by the municipalities of Langolay-sur-Rance and Plaintel.
Arnaud Leroy & Ivan Sache, 13 October 2005