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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
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Map highlighting the commune of
Coordinates 48°30′51″N 2°45′32″W / 48.51417, -2.75889
Administration
Country France
Region Bretagne
Department Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Saint-Brieuc
Intercommunality Saint-Brieuc
Mayor Bruno Joncour (MoDem)
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 0–134 m
Land area¹ 21.88 km²
Population²
(1999)		 46,087
 - Density 2106/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.
France

Saint-Brieuc (Breton: Sant-Brieg, Gallo: Saent-Berioec) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor Department in Bretagne in northwestern France.

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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.

The historic bishoprics of Brittany

Geography

Coat of arms of Saint-Brieuc

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.

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

Transport

TGV Atlantique
Skybus De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

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.

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:

See also

External links

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