Bourbriac

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Bourbriac
Boulvriag
Bourbriac Coat of Arms
Bourbriac (France)
Bourbriac
region Brittany
Department Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Guingamp
Canton Callac
Community association Guingamp Paimpol Armor Argoat Agglomération
Coordinates 48 ° 28 ′  N , 3 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 28 ′  N , 3 ° 11 ′  W
height 111-308 m
surface 71.86 km 2
Residents 2,271 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 32 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 22390
INSEE code
Website http://www.bourbriac.fr/

View of the center of Bourbriac

Bourbriac ( Breton: Boulvriag ) is a French commune with 2,271 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Guingamp and the canton of Callac (until 2015: canton of Bourbriac ). The inhabitants are called briacin (s) .

geography

Bourbriac is about ten kilometers south-southwest of Guingamp . Bourbriac is surrounded by the neighboring communities Moustéru in the north and north-west, Coadout in the north, Saint-Adrien in the east and north-east, Plésidy in the east and south-east, Magoar in the south, Kerien in the south and south-west, Maël-Pestivien in the south-west, Pont-Melvez in the West as well as Gurunhuel in the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 2,837 2,663 2,458 2,294 2,293 2,299 2,359 2,354

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bourbriac

  • Saint-Briac church, from the 12th century, rebuilt in the 17th century, since 1907 Monument historique
  • Notre-Dame de Danouët chapel from the 14th century, rebuilt in the 17th century, monument historique since 1964
  • Saint-Houarneau chapel with calvary cross, current building from 1520 (Monument historique since 1964)
  • Chapel of Pénity from the 14th / 15th centuries century
  • Notre-Dame de la Mercy chapel in Penpinot from the 15th to 17th centuries
  • Saint-Briac Chapel in Bodfo from 1948
  • old rectory from the 18th century
  • Le Lézard mansion from the 16th / 17th centuries Century, monument historiqu since 1926
  • Manor house and chapel Le Helloch from the 16th / 17th centuries century
  • Mansions of Disquay and Kerias from the 16th / 17th centuries century
  • Dolmen and tumulus of Danouédou from the Bronze Age, Monument historique since 1889
  • Kerivole dolmen, a historic monument since 1914
  • Koat-Liou Tower
  • Granite cross in Danouët, Monument historique since 1964
  • Calvary of Saint-Houarneau, monument historique since 1964
  • Memorial to the Fallen

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 73-77.

Individual evidence

  1. List of Bourbriac Heritage Sites (French)
  2. Overview of the sights (French) ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fr.topic-topos.com
  3. Saint-Briac Church (French)
  4. Notre-Dame de Danouët Chapel (French)
  5. Saint-Houarnea Chapel (French)
  6. Le Lézard manor house (French)
  7. Dolmen and Tumulus of Danouédou (French)
  8. Dolmen of Kerivole (French)
  9. Granite Cross in Danouët (French)
  10. Calvary of Saint-Houarneau (French)
  11. Memorial to those who fell in the First World War

Web links

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