Lamballe (Lamballe)
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| local community | Lamballe armor | |
| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor department | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 28 ′ N , 2 ° 31 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 22400 | |
| Former INSEE code | 22093 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 The lake of Lamballe |
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Lamballe is a village and a former French commune with 12,382 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany . It belonged to the arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc and the canton of Lamballe .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former municipalities of Lamballe and Meslin were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Lamballe of the same name and had the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters were in Lamballe.
With effect from January 1, 2019, the Commune nouvelle Lamballe was merged with the municipalities of Morieux and Planguenoual , thereby forming a new Commune nouvelle with the name Lamballe-Armor . All former municipalities - including Lamballe - received the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Lamballe.
location
Neighboring places are
- Coëtmieux and Andel in the northwest,
- Planguenoual, Saint-Alban and Hénansal in the north,
- Quintenic in the northeast,
- Plédéliac in the east,
- Saint-Rieul , Noyal and Plestan in the southeast,
- La Malhoure , Saint-Trimoël , Saint-Glen and Landéhen in the south,
- Meslin in the southwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2015 |
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| Residents | 8880 | 9124 | 9330 | 9452 | 9894 | 10563 | 11705 | 12477 |
history
On January 1, 1973, the municipalities of Lamballe, Maroué, La Poterie, Saint-Aaron and Trégomar were combined to form the new municipality of Lamballe.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Lamballe-Armor
- Menhir of Trégomar
- The Allée couverte du Chêne-Hut is located in the hamlet of La Hauteville, northeast of Lamballe.
- Notre-Dame Collegiate Church
- Saint-Martin and Saint-Jean churches
- The Maison du Bourreau ( Musée Mathurin Méheut / Musée d'art populaire )
- Musée de la poterie (pottery museum)
- State stud "Haras National de Lamballe" as a main breeding area for the Breton post horses
Personalities
- Jean IV. De Brosse († 1564)
- Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, prince de Lamballe (1747–1768), son of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre
- Marie-Louise of Savoyen-Carignan , Princess of Lamballe (1749–1792), known as "Madame de Lamballe"
- Armand Tuffin de La Rouërie (1751–1793), American Revolutionary War soldier
- Alexandre Glais-Bizoin (1800–1877), politician
- Gustave Téry (1870–1928), journalist and writer
- Louis Deschamps (1878–1925), politician
- Mathurin Méheut (1882–1958), painter
- Fabien Fabiano (1883–1962), painter and illustrator
- Yann Sohier (1901-1935)
- Mongo Beti (1932-2001), writer
- Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006); his ancestors came from Lamballe.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 464-482.
