Auray
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Auray to Alre |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Lorient | |
| Canton | Auray ( chief lieu ) | |
| Community association | Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 40 ′ N , 2 ° 59 ′ W | |
| height | 0-43 m | |
| surface | 6.91 km 2 | |
| Residents | 13,627 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,972 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56400 | |
| INSEE code | 56007 | |
| Website | http://www.auray.fr/ | |
 The port of Auray |
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Auray ( Breton At Alre ) is a French municipality with 13,627 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .
geography
The city lies on both banks of the Auray ( Breton Loc'h , pronounced like German Loch ), the upper town on the left, the picturesque harbor district on the right bank. From here the river also takes the name Auray . The Savenay – Landerneau railway , from which the branches to Quiberon and Pontivy originate, and the Route nationale 165 , which connect Nantes with Brest (Finistère) , pass through Auray.
Attractions
Auray and the nearby Gulf of Morbihan are popular tourist destinations. The triangular Place de la République in the upper town with half-timbered houses and the town hall built in 1882 is also worth seeing . The Saint-Gildas church ( Monument historique ) dates from 1641.
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Auray
regional customs
The pardon (procession) of St. Anne in the neighboring parish of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray on July 26th was still the most visited in Brittany in the 1970s (1977: 20,000 pilgrims). After a visitation on July 26, 1624, the farmer Yves Nicolazic dug in a stone dump next to a spring and found a damaged figure identified as St. Anne. After miracles lined up in this place, it became a much-visited place of pilgrimage. The place had already been called Keranna ( Breton : House of Anna ), which suggests that the place and the source were previously included in the cult of a Celtic-pagan religion.
In the Plunéret district , the fountain of St. Goustan, a converted pirate , now covered in concrete , served as a marriage oracle: "In the fountain of St Goustan, the needle had to float from the breast cloth close to the heart in order to guarantee a safe marriage prospects."
Auray, view over the river to the old town of the St. Gorman district
Bono near Auray
Waterfront scene in the old town of Auray
sport and freetime
Since 1975 the popular and street race Auray - Vannes has taken place between Auray and Vannes in September .
traffic
Auray is located on the French N165 motorway, connected between Brest and Nantes. Via the SNCF train station, northwest of the city center, you can reach Paris-Montparnasse via Vannes and Rennes, and in the opposite direction Quimper via Lorient. Auray is a transfer point for the connection to Quiberon and is well connected to places in the region via many country roads.
Community partnerships
The German municipality of Utting am Ammersee in Bavaria has been Auray's partner municipality since 1977 .
Personalities
Auray is the birthplace of the anthropologist Charles Letourneau (1831-1902), the organist, composer and music teacher Auguste Le Guennant (1881-1972) and the bagpiper Erwan Keravec (* 1974).
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 61-72.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Marie-Louise von Plessen & Daniel Spoerri : healing rituals on Breton sources. Gredinger, Casti 1977, ISBN 3-85712-001-0