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Saint-Brieuc
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Saint-Brieuc is a commune in France, situated in Côtes-d'Armor in Brittany.
HistorySaint-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 communesLangueux, La Méaugon, Plérin, Ploufragan, Trégueux and Trémuson.
DemographyInhabitants of Saint-Brieuc are called Briochins or Briochains.
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| recent demographic history 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | | 43142 | 50281 | 52559 | 48563 | 44752 | 46087 | | Figure since 1962: Population without double counting |
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: Flights depart four days per week: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
MiscellaneousSaint-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
BirthsSaint-Brieuc was the birthplace of:
See also- Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
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