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Côtes-d'Armor (
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Saint-Brieuc (
Breton:
Sant-Brieg,
Gallo:
Saent-Berioec) is a
commune in
France, situated in
Côtes-d'Armor in
Brittany.
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.
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.
Neighboring communes
Langueux,
La Méaugon,
Plérin,
Ploufragan,
Trégueux and
Trémuson.
Demography
Inhabitants of Saint-Brieuc are called
Briochins or
Briochains.
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:
(External Link
)
Flights depart four days per week: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
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
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), actorFurther Information
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