Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc Sant-Brieg | ||
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Prefecture and commune | ||
 Saint-Brieuc Cathedral | ||
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Location of Saint-Brieuc | ||
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| Coordinates: 48°30′49″N 2°45′55″W / 48.5136°N 2.7653°W / 48.5136; -2.7653Coordinates: 48°30′49″N 2°45′55″W / 48.5136°N 2.7653°W / 48.5136; -2.7653 | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Brittany | |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc | |
| Canton | Saint-Brieuc-1 and 2 | |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Brieuc | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2017–2020) | Marie-Claire Diouron (UDI) | |
| Area 1 | 21.88 km2 (8.45 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 45,879 | |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,400/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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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.
Contents
1 History
2 Geography
2.1 Overview
2.2 Neighboring communes
2.3 Climate
3 Culture
4 Demographics
5 Breton language
6 Transport
7 Personalities
8 International relations
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
History
The historic bishoprics of Brittany
Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who Christianised 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 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/Gouédic.
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.[1] A horse and some dogs died and a council worker driving a truckload of it fell unconscious at the wheel and died.[1]
Neighboring communes
Langueux, La Méaugon, Plérin, Ploufragan, Trégueux and Trémuson.
Climate
| Climate data for Saint-Brieuc (1981–2010 averages) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) | 19.6 (67.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 25.2 (77.4) | 28.9 (84.0) | 33.6 (92.5) | 32.2 (90.0) | 38.1 (100.6) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.5 (85.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 16.8 (62.2) | 38.1 (100.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) | 8.7 (47.7) | 11.1 (52.0) | 12.8 (55.0) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.9 (66.0) | 21.1 (70.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 19.1 (66.4) | 15.5 (59.9) | 11.6 (52.9) | 9.0 (48.2) | 14.5 (58.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) | 3.0 (37.4) | 4.3 (39.7) | 5.3 (41.5) | 8.2 (46.8) | 10.7 (51.3) | 12.7 (54.9) | 12.7 (54.9) | 11.1 (52.0) | 8.9 (48.0) | 5.8 (42.4) | 3.7 (38.7) | 7.5 (45.5) |
| 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) | 79.4 (3.13) | 68.0 (2.68) | 56.6 (2.23) | 63.8 (2.51) | 64.5 (2.54) | 45.2 (1.78) | 44.8 (1.76) | 40.8 (1.61) | 58.1 (2.29) | 82.1 (3.23) | 83.7 (3.30) | 89.2 (3.51) | 776.2 (30.56) |
| Average precipitation days | 12.8 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 130.3 |
| 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: Météo France[2][3] | |||||||||||||
Culture
Saint-Brieuc is one of the towns in Europe that host 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 Brittany. It was settled in the early 1900s.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Saint-Brieuc are called briochins in French.
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 43,142 | — |
| 1968 | 50,281 | +16.5% |
| 1975 | 52,559 | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 48,563 | −7.6% |
| 1990 | 44,752 | −7.8% |
| 1999 | 46,087 | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 45,879 | −0.5% |
Breton language
In 2008, 3.98% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.[4]
Transport
Saint-Brieuc airport
St-Brieuc SNCF station
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
Louis Auguste Harel de La Noë (1852-1931), engineer
Célestin Bouglé (1870–1940), philosopher
Louis Guilloux (1899–1980), writer
Henri Nomy (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
International relations
Saint-Brieuc préfecture of the Côtes-d'Armor is twinned with :
Aberystwyth, Wales[5]
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
- INSEE
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^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Brieuc. |
City council website (in French)
saint-brieuc.maville (in French)
Saint-Brieuc Tourism (in English)
French Ministry of Culture list for Saint-Brieuc (in French)
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