Saint-Brieuc

Saint-Brieuc ([sɛ̃ bʁijø], Breton: Sant-Brieg pronounced [sãnt ˈbriːɛk], Gallo: Saent-Berioec) is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Saint-Brieuc
Sant-Brieg
Prefecture and commune
Saint-Brieuc Cathedral
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc
Coordinates: 48°30′49″N 2°45′55″W
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentCôtes-d'Armor
ArrondissementSaint-Brieuc
CantonSaint-Brieuc-1 and 2
IntercommunalitySaint-Brieuc Armor
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Hervé Guihard
Area
1
21.88 km2 (8.45 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
43,605
 • Density2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Briochin, Briochine
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
22278 /22000
Elevation0–134 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.

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.[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.

Town Sunshine

(hours/yr)		 Rain

(mm/yr)		Snow

(days/yr)		Storm

(days/yr)		Fog

(days/yr)
National average 1,973770142240
Saint-Brieuc 1,565774.77.48.444.8[4]
Paris 1,661637121810
Nice 2,7247671291
Strasbourg 1,693665292956
Brest 1,6051,21171275


Climate data for Saint-Brieuc (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1985–present)
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)		 23.9
(75.0)		 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 [5]

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.[6]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 7,335—    
1800 8,394+1.95%
1806 9,000+1.17%
1821 9,956+0.68%
1831 10,420+0.46%
1836 11,313+1.66%
1841 12,484+1.99%
1846 13,239+1.18%
1851 12,813−0.65%
1856 14,888+3.05%
1861 15,341+0.60%
1866 15,812+0.61%
1872 15,253−0.60%
1876 16,355+1.76%
1881 17,833+1.75%
1886 19,240+1.53%
1891 19,948+0.73%
1896 21,665+1.67%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 22,198+0.49%
1906 23,041+0.75%
1911 23,945+0.77%
1921 24,511+0.23%
1926 26,043+1.22%
1931 28,320+1.69%
1936 31,640+2.24%
1946 36,674+1.49%
1954 37,670+0.34%
1962 43,142+1.71%
1968 50,281+2.59%
1975 52,559+0.63%
1982 48,563−1.12%
1990 44,752−1.02%
1999 46,087+0.33%
2007 46,178+0.02%
2012 45,936−0.11%
2017 44,372−0.69%
Source: EHESS[7] and INSEE (1968-2017)[8]

Breton language

In 2008, 3.98% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.[9]

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 (born 1989), footballer
  • Louis Rossel (1844–1871) - Army officer and Communard
  • Florent Du Bois de Villerabel (1877-1951), archbishop forced to resign after France's liberation in World War II
  • Mamadou Wagué (born 1990), footballer
  • Raymond Hains (1926–2005), artist
  • Anaclet Wamba (1960–), boxer
  • Yelle (Julie Budet) (1983–present), musician
  • Roland Fichet (1950–present), Author, Philosopher
  • Nathan Saliou, Gardener

International relations

Saint-Brieuc préfecture of the Côtes-d'Armor is twinned with :

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
  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. "Seaweed suspected in French death". BBC News. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  3. Paris, Nice, Strasbourg, Brest
  4. "Normales climatiques 1981-2010 : Saint-Brieuc". www.lameteo.org. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  5. "Normales et records pour St Brieuc (22)". Meteociel. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. Côtes-d'Armor, habitants.fr
  7. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Brieuc, EHESS. (in French)
  8. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  9. (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
  10. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
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