Annales de Bretagne et des pays de l'Ouest - Année 1989 - Volume 96 - Numéro 2 - Pages 171-182In Brittany, at the lime of Restauration, the department of Morbihan mainly benefited from the sudden burst of charcoal ironworks. These factories were first run by people from Paris joined with bankers and linked with the former nobility who was powerful before the Revolution, then by local businessmen from Lorient and Rennes. In a way, the works were lacking in wood and suffered from archaïsm, but nevertheless two blast furnaces were in operation until 1868. Was this simply an attempt to enhance the value of forest possessions or a real industrial adventure ? The second choice seems to prevail. Le Morbihan est le principal bénéficiaire du sursaut de la métallurgie au bois en Bretagne sous la Restauration, sous l'action de parisiens issus de l'ancienne noblesse d'Ancien Régime associés à des banquiers, d'hommes d'affaires lorientais et d'un affairiste rennais. Malgré la relative pénurie de bois et l'archaïsme de leurs technologies, deux hauts-fourneaux sont en activité jusqu'en 1868. Valorisation de patrimoine forestier ou réelle aventure industrielle ? Le second semble l'emporter. 12 pages