Coast-in Armor

Coast-with Armor ( Aodoù year Breton Arvor in , Graéy d' Armor in Gallo) ( 22 ) is the name of a department French located in Brittany.

This department draws its name

  • from the word old Breton Br Armor , to which the geographical term Armorique is close, into Breton modern Br year Arvor (sea), in opposition to Br Argoad or Br Argoat (“country timbered”, by extension, interior of the grounds), on the one hand,
  • of its old name, Coast-of-North, on the other hand.

History

The department was created with the French revolution, the March 4th 1790, pursuant to the law of the December 22nd 1789, on part of old the province of Brittany, composed of the east of the évêchés of Cornwall and Trégor, almost totality of the évêché of Saint-Brieuc (extreme south being attached to the Morbihan), of the North-West of the évêché of Saint-Malo, of one small portion in the west of the évêché of Fraud, as well as two small pieces in north of the évêché of Valves.

To the civilian, it extends on the counties from Penthièvre and Trégor, increased essence of the Poudouvre and north parts of the Poher and Porhoët. It thus takes again an important part of the old kingdom of Domnonée (from which the name disappears at the 11th century). The formation of this department was very discussed. The western part wanted a department centered on Morlaix gathering the North-West of Brittany. The town of Saint-Malo wanted that a department was formed around it, with the detriment of Saint-Brieuc and Rennes, but this project did not have any support of the representatives of the other Breton cities. Finally, the department of the coasts of the north of Brittany extended until the Rance, St-Malo obtaining only some communes facing him on left bank of the Rance (of which Dinard). The town of Saint-Brieuc obtained to be the chief town about it, with the detriment of Quintin, another candidate as populated as it.

During two centuries, the department bore the name of Coast-of-North . A long time criticized and judged devaluing, this name was changed into 1990 - nearly thirty years after in 1962 the general advice gave an favorable opinion in this direction - for Coast-with Armor , plus enchanter, and literally meaning “Coasts of the country of the sea”.

Geography

The department of Coast-in Armor belongs to the area Brittany. It is bordering on the departments of the Finistere in the west, the Morbihan in the south and Ille-et-Vilaine in the east.

Economy

An important part of the economic activity of Coast-in Armor turns around agriculture and of agribusiness industry. The porcine breeding, in particular, is largely developed there. The market with the dial of Plérin (close to Saint-Brieuc) is the principal organization which gives the course of the pigmeat in France.

Fishing is also developed, thanks to an important maritime frontage (7 commercial ports, 17 fishing ports). The exploitation of scallop layers characterizes, inter alia, this activity.

Coast-in Armor profit from two important technological poles, space telecommunication and new technologies in the Trégor around Lannion, and the zoopôle of Saint-Brieuc-Ploufragan, who employs 700 researchers and technicians in animal research and the biological analysis.

The department has a tourist activity very developed, mainly on the coast, where many second home is counted.

Demography

The inhabitants of Coast-in Armor are the Costarmoricains.

They are 567.000 in 2005 according to INSEE.

Saint-Brieuc, the prefecture, gathers 85.849 inhabitants in his agglomeration (121 237 inhabitants in the urban surface), Lannion 48.990 and Dinan 22.366.

Unemployment rate in the department is of 6,6% at the second quarters 2007 in an area, Brittany, where unemployment rate is of 6,7% (according to INSEE), that is to say among the areas where unemployment rate is weakest in France.

With a birth rate of 11,8 births for thousand inhabitants in 2006, Coast-in Armor have a birthrate equal to that of Morbihan, slightly higher than that of Finistere, but definitely lower than that of the Ille-et-Vilaine, other departments composing the Brittany Area.

The natural balance of the Coasts of Armor (that is to say the difference between births and death) is positive in 2006, unlike the former years.

Culture

The department is cut overall into two: in the east a zone Gallo and in the west a zone Breton nante with in particular the near total of the Trégor.

Language

In addition to the French, the Breton and the Gallo, the two languages traditional of Brittany, are still alive.

For the Breton language, balanced manpower that the investigation provides Étude of the family history carried out by INSEE into 1999 post more than 67.000 Breton-speaking of more than 18 years, primarily in dialect trégorrois. The language is spoken in the west about a line which starts from Plouha and passes to the west of Loudéac. To the native speakers the pupils of the bilingual schools are added, 1.761 pupils with the re-entry 2005, and pupils who follow courses of Breton in the public corporations or private of the secondary (more than 850 in 2002/2003).

The gallo, language britto-Romance of the family of the languages of oil, is spoken on the part is department. The two languages can be taken as options with the Baccalauréat, although teaching is not ensured by it in all the schools.

Tourism

The tourist main wealth of the department comes from its maritime frontage on the English Channel and from the variety of the coasts. It thus offers many sand beaches end boxed between hills or cliffs (those of Plouha are highest of Brittany). The pink Coast of granite, as its name indicates it, presents rocks of an exceptional color and a size (chaotic clusters of Ploumanac' H). Just opposite, the Seven Islands are used as refuge with the greatest ornithological reserve of France. The pink coast of sandstone also presents remarkable sites like the Cape Fréhel or the Extremely-the-Slat. Almost at the most northern point, the archipelago of Bréhat, vis-a-vis Paimpol, shelters a reserve of tropical plants in the open air. The bay of Saint-Brieuc is the larger second in France after that of the Mont Saint-Michel.

The historical and architectural attractions are numerous, with its medieval cities (Dinan, Moncontour), its old vaults, its castles (Rosanbo, the Rock-Jagu, Tonquédec, etc), some abbeys (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Beauport, Abbaye Notre-Dame of Good-Rest), like two beautiful cathedrals (Tréguier and Saint-Brieuc).

There exist many accessible sports activities all the year. In addition to the water sports, the quantity of small ways in the Argoat supports the walkers and the practitioners of VTT. It is easy to make Cheval. One can also practice the Parapente along coastal cliffs, or the Plongée underwater with Perros-Guirec.

The department counts two tourist trains. The first, " vapor of Trieux" , is animated by Connex and allows to make the line of Guingamp to Paimpol in the steam train (standard spacing). The second, " the Railroad of Coast-of-North " , is animated by the association of the same name. Actually two tourist trains are proposed by the latter, one with historical material with metric gauge track and another in the process of 40 cm.

Policy

detailed Article: Political of Coast-in Armor

  • List of the deputies of Coast-in Armor

  • List of the senators of Coast-in Armor
  • List of the general advisers of Coast-in Armor
  • List of the prefects of Coast-in Armor

Others

See too

Internal bonds

External bonds

  • Prefecture of Coast-in Armor
  • General advice of Coast-in Armor
  • tourist Guide of Coast-in Armor
  • Inventory of the inheritance

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