Pontivy
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Pontivy Pondi |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy ( sub-prefecture ) | |
| Canton | Pontivy (main town) | |
| Community association | Pontivy Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 4 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ W | |
| height | 48-192 m | |
| surface | 24.85 km 2 | |
| Residents | 14,606 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 588 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56300 | |
| INSEE code | 56178 | |
| Website | http://www.pontivy.fr/ | |
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Pontivy ( Pondi in Breton ) is a French municipality with 14,606 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It is a sub-prefecture of the arrondissement of the same name , capital of the canton of the same name and seat of the community association Pontivy Communauté .
geography
Pontivy is located on the Blavet River and on the Canal de Nantes à Brest , which flows into the Blavet here.
history
The Nillizien tumulus dates from the Iron Age.
The monk Ivy founded Pontivy in the 7th century . He had a bridge built over the Blavet, which gave the city its name. On the 18th Brumaire of the year XII of the Revolution ( November 9th 1804 ) the name of the city was changed to Napoléonville . After the fall of Napoleon I , it was called Pontivy again, then Bourbonville , then again for a few years (under Napoléon III ) Napoléonville and from 1870 again Pontivy.
In February 2016, Pontivy was one of 13 municipalities that belonged to level 3 of the Charter Ya d'ar brezhoneg for the promotion of the Breton language.
Attractions
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- Château de Pontivy, castle of the Rohan family (late 15th century)
- Notre-Dame-de-Joie basilica
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Pontivy
Town twinning
- Tavistock , Devon , England since 1958
- Wesseling , North Rhine-Westphalia since 1972
- Ouelessebougou , Mali since 1987
- Napoleonville , United States since 1989
Furthermore, Pontivy is a founding member of the Federation of European Napoleon Cities .
Transport links
The departmental roads D764 and D768 cross near the city. The railway lines from Saint-Brieuc and Auray meet in Pontivy . The former is not used by passenger traffic and is interrupted in the further course, the latter only by a few tourist trains. Two routes of the former Chemins de fer du Morbihan also ran through Pontivy.
Personalities
- Léon Durocher (1862–1918), chansonnier and Breton regionalist
- Jean-Yves Lambert, called Lafesse (comedian)
- David Lappartient (* 1973), politician and cycling official
- Audrey Cordon (* 1989), racing cyclist
- Evan Furness (* 1998), tennis player
- Marie Le Net (* 2000), cyclist
Events
- annual finals of Kan ar Bobl ( Song of the People ), a competition in Breton music
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 736-745.
Web links
- Pontivy.fr , side of the city
Individual evidence
- ↑ Town twinning of the municipality ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2010 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.
