Dinard

Geography

The Seaside resort of Dinard, 7th the most populated commune Ille-et-Vilaine, is located on the Côte of Emerald, near the border with the Coast-with Armor and of the town of Saint-Malo (where the Rance makes separation). It is the tidal Power plant of Rancid the, technological prowess of the years 1960 and high tourist place, which connects Dinard and the Cité Corsair.

Dinard is the center of the 4th agglomeration of the department which gathers 21.401 inhabitants in 1999 with Saint-Lunar Pleurtuit, , Richardais, Saint-Briac-on-Sea and 25.006 inhabitants with the part of the Coast-with Armor (Lancieux and Ploubalay).

Not far are the Channel Islands accessible to one hour from boat at high speed starting from Saint-Malo or 15 minutes from plane starting from the airport from Pleurtuit. The access to Dinard is fast thanks to the free expressways and with the TGV connecting Saint-Malo to Paris in less than 3 a.m. The 4 beaches of the city are the beaches of the Lock, the Priory, Enogat Saint and the White Port.

History

Dinard, simple village of fishermen until the arrival of the British, draws his mythical origin from legendary the King Arthur: DIN (hill/extremely) - Arz/Art (bear/Arthur); the bear, in the Celtic Mythology, symbolizes sovereignty.

Originally, Dinard belonged to the parish of Saint-Enogat. Then, at the end of the XIXe century, the British started to come there in holiday and made there build sumptuous villas on the coast. Dinard developed then quickly and became the station of seaside more the appraisal of Europe. But she knew a disaffection as from the years 1930, when the high society left rather on the Riviera. Today, Dinard is without any doubt, the seaside resort more “British” of France with its 407 classified villas.

Indeed, the official name of the commune was Saint-Enogat until 1879, when the noun was modified in Dinard-Saint-Enogat . In 1921, the noun of the commune was again modified, it then takes its current name of Dinard.

Administration

Demography

The common one has had a population in constant increase for several decades while passing from 7721 inhabitants in 1936 to 10430 in 1999. Here a table recapitulating the demographic trends of Dinard between 1962 and 1999:

Places and monuments

The common one counts 407 classified villas dating from the Beautiful Time, its casino and its famous bathing huts aligned on the beach of the Lock.

Events

Gone with the plants
Gone: Tuesday, Thursdays and Saturdays on the esplanade of the Market of 8:00 to 13:00. Reception according to the season from 100 to 300 tradesmen. One of largest of the area. 500 parking spaces. Seasonal market Wednesday morning with Saint Enogat on the place of the Martyrdom.
Fairs with the secondhand trade: first Sunday of each April at September on the esplanade of the Market. 8:00 with 19:00, 45 second-hand dealers are present, all professional.
Festival of British film of Dinard which takes place all the autumns.
Dinard is known for its blue tents with white stripes which are maintained the every day in high season by seasonal workers on the beach the Lock. You can also rent tents, deckchairs and parasols with the service of the baths beach to facilitate your holidays in seaside to you!
Festival of the young creators.
estivals of the laughter.

Twinning

Dinard is twinned with Newquay in Cornouailles British.

Dinard is twinned with Starnberg in Bavaria since 1977.

Personalities related to the commune

the Duke Jean IV unloads of England at the end of XIVè century. One of the most famous songs of the Barzaz Breiz, Year Alarc' H (the Swan), restores this unloading with Dinard, beginning of the reconquest of the Brittany. A plate recalls this event on the Walk of the Moonlight.
the painter Jean Carzou (1907 - 2000). It is in Dinard that the museum Jean Carzou is.

More many personalities having attended Dinard like seaside resort:

Judith Gautier , girl of Theophilus and friend of Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo , who remained at Judith Gauthier
Albert Lacroix , editor
Camille the Draper of Erm , poet and historian
Roger Vercel , Prix Goncourt 1934
Agatha Christie , British writer
Edouard VII , prince de Galles then King of the United Kingdom
Albert Ier , king of the Belgians
Pablo Picasso , Spanish painter
Winston Churchill , British Prime Minister
Pierre Blayau , French chairman, former president of the PSG
Sir Robert Mond , chemist and industrialist and his wife Lady Mond
the Family Hennessy , owner of the famous cognac
the Family Radziwill , very related to the Kennedy
François Pinault , French businessman
Dominique de Villepin , French Prime Minister (2005-2007)
Hugh Grant , British actor
Lawrence of Arabia . Colonel Lawrence, called Lawrence of Arabia, lived Dinard in his early childhood of 1891 to 1894
Auguste and Louis Lumière , respectively old of 15 and 13 years, prepared in 1877 in the cave of the Goule-with-fairies, in Saint-Enogat, the sensitive plates intended for their photographs.

See too

Common of Ille-et-Vilaine

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