Tréguier

Administration
Commune of Tréguier Town hall of Tréguier
Location
Coordinates	48.78° -3.23°
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Lannion
Canton	Tréguier (chief town)
Mayor	Patrick Toularastel (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	0 m–66 m
Land area^¹	1.52 km²
Population^² (1999)	2,679
- Density	1,763/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	22362/ 22220
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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Tréguier (Breton: Treger) is a port town and commune of the Côtes-d'Armor département, in Brittany, northwestern France.

Geography

Tréguier is located 36 m. N.W. of Saint-Brieuc by road. The port is situated about 5 1/2 m. from the English Channel at the confluence of two streams that form the Tréguier River.

History

Tréguier (Trecorum), which dates from the 6th century, grew up round a monastery founded by Saint Tudwal (died c. 564). In the 9th century it became the seat of a bishopric, suppressed on July 12, 1790 (decree of November 14, 1789). Pop. (1906), 2605.

Sights

Cathedral St Tugdual

Statue of Ernest Renan in the town square

Cloister of St Tugdual's cathedral

The cathedral, remarkable in having three towers over the transept, one of which is surmounted by a fine spire, dates from the 14th and 15th centuries. It contains the sumptuous modern mausoleum of Ivo of Kermartin (St Yves; d. 1303), a canon of the cathedral and patron saint of lawyers. The building of the cathedral was largely due to him. The Pardon of Saint Ivo, a religious festival, attracts an international audience drawn from the legal profession. To the south of the church there is a cloister (1468) with graceful arcades.

Near the cathedral there is a statue of Ernest Renan, a native of the town. As he was a prominent skeptic, author of the "pagan" Prayer on the Acropolis, the 1903 unveiling of Renan's statue, which also included a depiction of the goddess Athena, led to widespread protests from the Catholic church. The town also houses the Renan birthplace museum.

Economy

Saw-milling, boat-building and flaxstripping are carried on, together with trade in cereals, cloth, potatoes, etc. The port carries on fishing and a coasting and small foreign trade.

Miscellaneous

Tro Breizh (Breton for "Tour of Brittany") is a Catholic pilgrimage that links the towns of the seven founding saints of Brittany, including Tréguier, Saint Tudwal's town.

Births

Tréguier was the birthplace of:

Ernest Renan (1823-1892), philosopher and writer
Ernest Hello (1828-1885), critic

References

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

External links

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Tourism office website (in French)
Town council website (in French)
Pictures of Tréguier Cathedral: [1], [2], [3], [4]

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