Saint-Brieuc

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Coordinates: 48°30′51″N 2°45′32″W / 48.51417, -2.75889

Commune of Saint-Brieuc
Sant-Brieg
Saint-Brieuc Cathedral
Location
Coordinates	48°30′51″N 2°45′32″W / 48.51417, -2.75889
Administration
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Côtes-d'Armor (préfecture)
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	chief town of 3 cantons
Intercommunality	C.A. de Saint-Brieuc
Mayor	Bruno Joncour (MoDem) (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0 m–134 m
Land area¹	21.88 km²
Population² (1999)	46,087
- Density	2,106/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
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 France, situated in Côtes-d'Armor in Brittany.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Neighboring communes 3 Demography 4 Transport 5 Miscellaneous 5.1 Births 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 :

• Aberystwyth, Wales
• Aghia Paraskevi, Greece
• Alsdorf, Germany

Other towns of notable size in the département of Côtes d'Armor are Gwengamp/Guingamp, Dinan, and Lannuon/Lannion all sous-préfectures.

[edit] Neighboring communes

Langueux, La Méaugon, Plérin, Ploufragan, Trégueux and Trémuson.

[edit] Demography

Inhabitants of Saint-Brieuc are called Briochins or Briochains.

recent demographic history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
43142	50281	52559	48563	44752	46087
Figure since 1962: Population without double counting

[edit] Transport

Saint-Brieuc is connected by TGV Atlantique to Paris Montparnasse station.

Also by connected by air to Newquay Cornwall Airport, by Isles of Scilly Skybus: [1] Flights depart four days per week: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Saint-Brieuc is one of the towns in Europe that hosts the IU Honors Program. The town of St. Brieux in Saskatchewan, Canada. Is named after Saint-Brieuc France.. As the town in Canada was founded by immigrants from this region in Bretagne. It was settled in the early 1900's

[edit] Births

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

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

[edit] External links

• Communauté d'agglomération de 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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