Saint-Brieuc (săN-brēö'), town (1990 pop. 47,370), capital of Côtes-d'Armor dept., NW France, on the Gouet River near its mouth on the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, an arm of the English Channel. Tourism, metallurgy, and textiles are the chief industries. Saint-Brieuc was probably founded in the 5th cent. and grew rapidly after St. Briomach, the Welsh missionary for whom the town was named, built a monastery there (6th or 7th cent.). An episcopal see since the 9th cent., the town was the meeting place for the provincial estates of Brittany in the 17th and 18th cent. Many old houses remain, and there is a Gothic cathedral.
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Coordinates: 48°30′49″N 2°45′55″W / 48.513611°N 2.765277°W
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Commune of Saint-Brieuc |
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| Saint-Brieuc Cathedral | |
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  Saint-Brieuc
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| Country | France |
| Region | Bretagne |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
| Canton | 3 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Brieuc |
| Mayor | Bruno Joncour (MoDem) (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 0–134 m (0–440 ft) |
| Land area1 | 21.88 km2 (8.45 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 46,087 (1999) |
| - Density | 2,106 /km2 (5,450 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 22278/ 22000 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Saint-Brieuc (Breton: Sant-Brieg, Gallo: Saent-Berioec) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor Department in Bretagne in north-western France. It has a cathedral.
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History
Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who evangelized the region in the 6th century and established an oratory there. Bro Sant-Brieg/Pays de Saint-Brieuc, one of the nine traditional bishoprics of Brittany which used as administrative areas before the French Revolution, was named after Saint-Brieuc.
Culture
Saint-Brieuc is one of the towns in Europe that hosts the IU Honors Program..
The Cemetery of Saint Michel contains graves of several notable Bretons, and sculptures by Paul le Goff and Jean Boucher. Outside the wall is Armel Beaufils's statue of Anatole Le Braz. Le Goff, who was killed with his two brothers in World War I, is also commemorated in a street and with his major sculptural work La forme se dégageant de la matière in the central gardens, which also includes a memorial to him by Jules-Charles Le Bozec and work by Francis Renaud.
The town of St. Brieux in Saskatchewan, Canada is named after Saint-Brieuc of Brittany. It was founded by immigrants from this region in Bretagne. It was settled in the early 1900s.
Geography
The town is located by the English Channel, in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. Two rivers flow through Saint-Brieuc: the Goued/Gouët and the Gouedig/Gouëdic.
Saint-Brieuc préfecture of the Côtes-d'Armor is twinned with :
Other towns of notable size in the département of Côtes d'Armor are Gwengamp/Guingamp, Dinan, and Lannuon/Lannion all sous-préfectures.
In 2009, large amounts of sea lettuce, a type of algae, washed up on many beaches of Brittany, and when it rotted it emitted dangerous levels of hydrogen sulphide. A horse and some dogs died and a council worker driving a truckload of it fell unconscious at the wheel and died. The beach at Saint-Brieuc suffered bad damage and had to be shut.
Neighboring communes
Langueux, La Méaugon, Plérin, Ploufragan, Trégueux and Trémuson.
Demography
Inhabitants of Saint-Brieuc are called Briochins or Briochains.
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 43142 | 50281 | 52559 | 48563 | 44752 | 46087 |
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Breton language
In 2007, 3,7% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.[1]
Transport
Saint-Brieuc is connected by TGV Atlantique to Paris Montparnasse station.
An air service to Newquay in Cornwall is operated by Isles of Scilly Skybus[2] four days per week.
Notable people
Saint-Brieuc was the birthplace of:
- Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838-1889), symbolist writer
- Célestin Bouglé (1870-1940), philosopher
- Louis Guilloux (1899-1980), writer
- Patrick Dewaere (1947-1982), actor
- Yelle (Julie Budet) 1982 - Present, musician
- Anaclet Wamba (1960-), boxer
See also
References
- ^ (French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
- ^ Skybus
External links
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- Intercommunality of Saint-Brieuc (French)
- Côtes d'Armor (French)
- Gouët (French)
- City council website (French)
- saint-brieuc.maville (French)
- French Ministry of Culture list for Saint-Brieuc (French)
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