Pont-Croix

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Pont-Croix
Coat of arms of Pont-Croix
Pont-Croix (France)
Pont-Croix
region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Douarnenez
Community association Cap Sizun-Pointe du Raz
Coordinates 48 ° 3 ′  N , 4 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 3 ′  N , 4 ° 29 ′  W
height 2-73 m
surface 8.09 km 2
Residents 1,580 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 195 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 29790
INSEE code 29218
Website http://www.pont-croix.fr/

Grande Rue Chère in Pont-Croix

Pont-Croix ( Breton Pontekroaz ) is a commune on Cap Sizun in Cornouaille in the Finistère department in Brittany in western France .

1580 inhabitants live on 8.09 km² (as of January 1, 2017). Pont-Croix is ​​five kilometers from Audierne on one of the three narrow streets that cut through Cap Sizun from west to east and lead from the Baie de Trépassés, via Audierne (and northern viewpoints) to Douarnenez and Quimper . Pont-Croix is chef-lieu , the former customs post of the canton of the same name. When the Goyen river was still navigable up to the landing stage in the center of the village, the goods of the sailing ships were brought further inland across the bridge of Pont-Croix. There was also a small railway line for this purpose, the train de carottes, which was abandoned at the beginning of the 20th century for economic reasons.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 2159 2022 1885 1832 1762 1670 1699 1580
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Pont-Croix

  • The old town center is well preserved. The central location in the geographical center of Cap Sizun invites you to go on excursions to the Pointe du Raz , Pointe du Van and Baie des Trépassés . You can hike along the Goyen river on the old towpath or on the opposite bank of the river (downstream) with spectacular sea views to Audierne. Canoe trips from Pont-Croix to Audierne are offered during floods in summer .
  • Notre-Dame de Roscudon collegiate church from the early 13th century with a 67 meter high steeple that served as the model for the towers of Quimper Cathedral (with a fountain in front of the entrance). The artistic glazing was created by the glass painter's workshop Ely, which initially worked in Nantes and later in Kassel-Wehlheiden. The church is also known as the collegiate monastery in French : La collégiale Notre-Dame de Roscudon .
  • Museum of Pont-Croix in the old marquisate.
  • Grande Rue Chère, Petite Rue Chère, cobbled streets (Ruelles pavées) and medieval houses around the market and church
  • Bridge over the Goyen
  • St. Vincent Chapel
  • Gloriette
  • Notre-Dame-de-Roscudon church

  • tower

  • portal

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 1174-1180.

Web links

Commons : Pont-Croix  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Götz J. Pfeiffer: "owes the foundation of this art industry to the Ely family". Ely family and glass painting workshop in Kassel, Nantes and Wehlheiden . In: Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies . tape 121 , 2016, p. 175-200 .