Martigné-Ferchaud

Martigné-Ferchaud is a common French, located in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine and the area Brittany.

Geography

History

If the first part of the name of Martigné-Ferchaud goes back to the Gallo-Roman period (Martignéum in 1218 of the name of Martinius man), the origin of Ferchaud is related to the presence of a relay of station where the horses were shoed hot and not cold as in the majority of the other stations.

Martigné-Ferchaud is especially known for its forging mills and its blast furnace which used the water fall of the pond to actuate the blower. Martigné thus produced pig moulds of cast iron for Nantes industry, and of the iron which fed a very flourishing craft industry of manufacture of nails. The blast furnace ceased functioning in 1882 and was demolished in 1889.

The workmen of the forging mills lived in a village located very close to these establishments. One distinguishes there still extremely well an old dwelling from Master, an old house of foreman with clock out of wooden and bell-tower and of alignments of small home of a part.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Cultural events

watery sparks
gold mines

Personalities related to the commune

Emile BRIDEL, industrial founder of the dairies Bridel (butter, cheese…), born in 1913 in Martigné-Ferchaud

See too

Common of Ille-et-Vilaine

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