Uzel

Uzel (or Uzel-près-l'Oust ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is about 100 km west-northwest of Rennes and 15 km north-northwest of Loudéac.

The old school, in the centre of Uzel, was the scene of torture and killings by the Nazis and by the collaborationist Bezen Perrot, in 1944.

Population
The inhabitants of Uzel are known in French as uzelais.

Personalities

 * Fulgence Bienvenüe, chief engineer for the Paris Métro in 1896, was born in Uzel in 1852.
 * Alphonse Guépin, architect, born in Uzel in 1808.
 * Yves Morvan, romanesque art specialist, born in Uzel in 1932.