{{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Uzel |native name = Uzel |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Mairieuzel.jpg |caption = The town hall of Uzel |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Uzel (CôtesArmor).svg |coordinates = {{coord|48.28|-2.84|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Saint-Brieuc |canton = Guerlédan |INSEE = 22384 |postal code = 22460 |mayor = Guénaël Choupaux<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre |elevation min m = 116 |elevation max m = 238 |area km2 = 6.79 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Uzel''' ({{IPA|fr|yzɛl}}; or Uzel-près-l'Oust<ref>{{Cite web| language=fr |url= http://lannuaire.service-public.fr/mairies/bretagne/cotes-d-armor/mairie-22384-01.html |title=Uzel-près-l'Oust |website = Service Public.fr }}</ref>) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Côtes-d'Armor]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] in northwestern [[France]]. It is about {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} west-northwest of [[Rennes]] and {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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== {{Historical populations |align=left| 1962|857| 1968|899| 1975|926| 1982|990| 1990|943| 1999|897| 2008|1056 }}

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

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==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.

==See also== *[[Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department]]

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==External links== {{commons category}} *{{Search Mérimée|22384}}

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