Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc
Sant-Brieg | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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  Saint-Brieuc | |
| Coordinates: 48°30′49″N 2°45′55″W / 48.5136°N 2.7653°WCoordinates: 48°30′49″N 2°45′55″W / 48.5136°N 2.7653°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
| Canton | Saint-Brieuc-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Brieuc Armor |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Hervé Guihard |
| Area 1 | 21.88 km2 (8.45 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 44,170 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Briochin, Briochine |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22278 /22000 |
| Elevation | 0–134 m (0–440 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Brieuc ([sɛ̃ bʁijø], Breton: Sant-Brieg pronounced [sãnt ˈbriːɛk], Gallo: Saent-Berioec) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.
History[]
Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who Christianised the region in the 6th century and established an oratory there. , one of the nine traditional bishoprics of Brittany which were used as administrative areas before the French Revolution, was named after Saint-Brieuc. It also dates from the Middle Ages when the "pays de Saint Brieuc," or Penteur, was established by Duke Arthur II of Brittany as one of his eight "battles" or administrative regions.
Geography[]
Overview[]
The town is located by the English Channel, on the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. Two rivers flow through Saint-Brieuc: the Goued/Gouët and the Gouedig/.
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.[2] A horse and some dogs died and a council worker driving a truckload of it fell unconscious at the wheel and died.[2]
Neighboring communes[]
Langueux, La Méaugon, Plérin, Ploufragan, Trégueux and Trémuson.
Climate[]
Saint-Brieuc experiences a warm-summer Mediterranean climate.
| hideClimate data for Saint-Brieuc / 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1985–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.2 (72.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
33.6 (92.5) |
35.9 (96.6) |
38.1 (100.6) |
30.4 (86.7) |
29.5 (85.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
38.1 (100.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) |
9.0 (48.2) |
11.4 (52.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
6.2 (43.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
12.5 (54.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
6.4 (43.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) |
3.4 (38.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
5.6 (42.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.9 (51.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
13.1 (55.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.3 (11.7) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
1.1 (34.0) |
3.6 (38.5) |
7.1 (44.8) |
6.6 (43.9) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 75.5 (2.97) |
65.6 (2.58) |
54.1 (2.13) |
63.7 (2.51) |
58.4 (2.30) |
47.8 (1.88) |
42.5 (1.67) |
41.2 (1.62) |
59.6 (2.35) |
78.2 (3.08) |
81.3 (3.20) |
82.8 (3.26) |
750.7 (29.56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 13.2 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 128.0 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 64.8 | 76.8 | 118.1 | 152.4 | 179.5 | 198.7 | 186.3 | 178.1 | 160.9 | 107.0 | 77.5 | 64.5 | 1,564.6 |
| Source: Meteociel [3] | |||||||||||||
Culture[]
Saint-Brieuc is one of the towns in Europe that host the .
The Cemetery of Saint Michel contains graves of several notable Bretons, and sculptures by 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 Brittany. It was settled in the early 1900s.
Demographics[]
Inhabitants of Saint-Brieuc are called Briochins in French.[4]
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Breton language[]
In 2008, 3.98% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.[7]
Transport[]
The Saint-Brieuc railway station, situated on the Paris–Brest railway, is connected by TGV Atlantique to Paris Montparnasse station, journey time is about 3 hours.
There are no scheduled air services from Saint-Brieuc – Armor Airport.
Personalities[]
Saint-Brieuc is hometown of many personalities:
- Octave-Louis Aubert (1870–1950), editor
- Maryvonne Dupureur (1937–2008), athlete, Olympic 800m silver medallist
- Émile Durand (1830–1903), music theorist and teacher
- Léonard Charner (1797–1869), senator and Admiral of France
- Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838–1889), symbolist writer
- (1852–1931), engineer
- Célestin Bouglé (1870–1940), philosopher
- Louis Guilloux (1899–1980), writer
- (1899–1971), admiral
- Patrick Dewaere (1947–1982), actor
- Kévin Théophile-Catherine, footballer
- Louis Rossel (1844–1871) - Army officer and Communard
- Florent Du Bois de Villerabel, archbishop forced to resign after France's liberation in World War II
- Mamadou Wague, footballer
- Raymond Hains (1926–2005), artist
- Anaclet Wamba (1960–), boxer
- Yelle (Julie Budet) 1983–present, musician
- Roland Fichet 1950–present, Author, Philosopher
- , Gardener
International relations[]
Saint-Brieuc préfecture of the Côtes-d'Armor is twinned with :
Aberystwyth, Wales[8]
Agia Paraskevi, Greece
Alsdorf, Germany
Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina
See also[]
- Diocese of Saint-Brieuc
- Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
- Élie Le Goff Entry for Élie Le Goff a Saint-Brieuc born sculptor
- The Saint-Michel cemetery in Saint-Brieuc
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Seaweed suspected in French death". BBC News. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ "Normales et records pour St Brieuc (22)". Meteociel. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ Côtes-d'Armor, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Brieuc, EHESS. (in French)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
- ^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
External links[]
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- City council website (in French)
- saint-brieuc.maville (in French)
- Saint-Brieuc Tourism (in English)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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