Pontrieux
Pontrieux Pontrev |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
Arrondissement | Guingamp | |
Canton | Bégard | |
Community association | Guingamp Paimpol Armor Argoat Agglomération | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 9 ′ W | |
height | 7-77 m | |
surface | 1.02 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,028 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 1,008 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 22260 | |
INSEE code | 22250 | |
Website | http://www.ville-pontrieux22.fr/ | |
![]() Port in Pontrieux on the Trieux river |
Pontrieux ( Breton Pontrev ) is a French commune with 1,028 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bretagne region in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the canton of Bégard . It is located on the banks of the Trieux River . The name Pontrieux means "bridge over the Trieux" (lat. Pons super triticum).
history
From the 15th century to the 19th century, Pontrieux was an active trading town in which mainly grain, linen and flax, wine and horses were traded. Until the 19th century, the bridge Saint-Yves de Pontrieux was the only link between the town of Guingamp and the sea, which made it possible to go from one bank of the Trieux (Trégor) to the other (Goëlo). The first tickets for the Paris metro were printed in Pontrieux.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
Residents | 1543 | 1411 | 1359 | 1146 | 1050 | 1121 | 1076 | 1036 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
traffic
Pontrieux is on the Guingamp – Paimpol railway line , which has a stop at the center and a train station at the port.
Attractions
- Tour Eiffel half-timbered house from the 16th century
- a granite baroque fountain from the 18th century on Place le Trocquer, unique in Brittany
- Saint-Colomban, in the 1880s by Ernest Le Guerranic built
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Pontrieux
politics
The municipality is a member of the Guingamp Paimpol Armor Argoat Agglomération municipal association .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 1097-1100.