Local history and culture Paimpont

In 1675 the Forges settled in the heart of the forest of Paimpont-Brocéliande. They benefit from a good iron ore and a hydraulic network put in place by the monks from the Middle Ages. In the eighteenth century, Diderot and D 'Alembert hold the refinery to illustrate the Encyclopedia. Production is then 500 tons of Iron and 360 tons of iron. The Forges provide orders related to the war of independence of the United States of America. In the nineteenth century, under Louis XVIII, forges modernized. After their peak in 1850, the blast furnaces stopped in 1866, resumed the activity in the war of 1870 and stopped again in 1880. In the twentieth century, forges buy on the external market of iron and iron at low prices to produce agricultural tools, boilers and other equipment to equip the region. The latter activity stopped in 1954. Since 2001, forges are listed on the Supplementary List of Historic Monuments. A restoration program is undertaken with the assistance of the State, the Regional Council of Brittany, the General Council of Ille-et-Vilaine and the owner.