Briare

Briare (called sometimes Briare-the-channel ) is a common French, located in the department of the Loiret and the area Center.

Its inhabitants is called the Briarois (be) .

Geography

The city is located on the the Loire, with 8 kilometers in the east and upstream of Gien.
The city is connected to Paris by the highway A77 and Main road 7, by the train, line Paris Nevers, and by the Canal of Briare (prolonged by the Canal of Loing).

Heraldic

Mouths to the three fasces heavy showers of money.

Twinning

, to see Site of the city, more precisely with Jemappes, commune of the entity of which here the site. Jemappes is the town of Salvatore Adamo. There would be in Briare a street, avenue or place of Jemappes.

History

The Roman name was Brivodurum which means " bridge (brivo) strengthened (durum) ".
The town of Briare took its rise under Henri IV thanks to the construction of the channel of Loyre in the Seine which will become the Canal of Briare.
The Channel of Briare, built to the 17th century, connects the the Loire to the the Seine.

The Second world war

June 11th, 1940, proceeds a meeting between Winston Churchill, Paul Reynaud, Pétain, the general Weygand and De Gaulle with the castle of the Lily of the valley with Breteau close to Briare. The solidarity of England and France, the power of the French Army, the loyalty of the Command then ceased being gathered data.

From the end August 1944, the 2nd Regiment of hunters parachutists (2nd CCP) is engaged on the Loire in particular with Briare, to prohibit with the enemy Right Bank of the river.

Economy

Manufacture of enamels, including/understanding a museum
Marina and river tourism. The marina is managed by the Chamber of commerce and of industry of Loiret.

Monuments and museums

the Tubular bridge (length: 662,69 m), construction conceived by the engineer Leonce-Abel Mazoyer, and in which the architect Gustave Eiffel for masonry took part: he makes it possible the side Canal in the Loire to cross this river. He was completed and opened in September 1896.

the church Saint-Etienne , of style romano-Byzantine, built between 1890 and 1895 and remarkable by its decorations containing enamels, and for some of rather profane inspiration (signs of the zodiac).
the castle of the Lords of the channel of Loyre in the Seine , altered at the 18th century century and sheltering the town hall.
the Museum of the enamels .
the House of the two navy , museum devoted to the marines of the Loire and the channel
the elevatory Factory , built between 1894 and 1895 and allowing the water supply of the channel of Briare. It was renovated and modernized in 1996.
the Castle of Case-Barrier , built between 1885 and 1890 today place of temporary exhibitions.
the network of the old channels and the water stations of the Meadow-Gray, today marina of Briare.

Tally of life

flowered City: 4 flowers Grand Prix allotted by the National council of the Cities and Flowered Villages of France to the Contest of the cities and flowered villages.

A river crossroads

the name that Briare was given, " Briare-le-Canal" , is a little reducing because Briare has not one, but three channels. Since 1605 it accommodates the building site of the " channel of Loyre in Seyne" , future Channel of Briare which will be completely open in 1642.
In 1838, this already old channel receives, just with the upstream of its lock of Baraban, the side Canal in the Loire which goes down from Digoin. This channel crosses the Loire in its reads-even, with five kilometers upstream, the Châtillon-on-Loire.
This passage in the Loire is dangerous and does not fulfill any more the requirements of the river traffic. At this point in time in 1896, a new branch of the side channel is built which crosses the river by the Pont-canal metal due to the engineer Leonce-Abel Mazoyer. This new branch of the side Canal in the Loire receives the nickname of " new canal" or " channel neuf".
the whole of these water ways forms today a not easily comprehensible network for the layman, but of an undeniable charm, the more so as the city and the department work actively with their maintenance, their restoration and their embellishment. The river site of Briare, while covering more than four centuries, is of a richness unique in France.

External bonds

the site of the town of Briare

www.harmonie-briare.com

the conference of the castle of Breteau in 1940

Dictionary of the rivers and channels of France in the Babel Project: the channel of Briare.
Dictionary of the rivers and channels of France in the Babel Project: the Side channel in the Loire.

(On these two last pages a bond led to a PowerPoint animation which explains the evolution of the river site of Briare)

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