Pontrieux

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Pontrieux
Pontrev
Coat of arms of Pontrieux
Pontrieux (France)
Pontrieux
region Brittany
Department Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Guingamp
Canton Bégard
Community association Guingamp Paimpol Armor Argoat Agglomération
Coordinates 48 ° 42 ′  N , 3 ° 9 ′  W 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.

Web links

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