Pontrieux

Pontrieux is a common department of the Coast-with Armor, in the area Brittany, in France.

Chief town of canton, Pontrieux owes its name with its bridge on the Trieux ( Pontruus super triticum in Latin).

Geography

Basic city of estuary on the Trieux, located practically halfway between Guingamp and sea.

History

Pontrieux was, of the 15th century at the 19th century, an active commercial city. It exchanged there in particular cereals, fabrics, of flax mainly, and horses. Until the 19th century, the bridge " Saint-Yves" of Pontrieux was only, between Guingamp and the sea, which made it possible to pass from a bank to the other (of the " Trégor" , left bank, with the " Goëlo" , Right Bank). There was a famous cardboard factory with Pontrieux, which printed the first tickets of the Parisian Métro.

Administration

Demography

Economy

On the communal territory the departmental port is located, managed by the Chamber of commerce and of industry of Coast-in Armor. It is located at 800 meters downstream from the borough. At the time of the tides, the sea goes up the " ria" on approximately 18 kilometers and ships of rather important tonnage can engage in the river and pass the lock S.

The marketing activity of the port consists only of the reception of Sablier S which discharges each year approximately: 115000 tons of sands and Maërl. The ships belong to the Armorican Compagnie of navigation subsidiary of the Secma specialized in the manufacture of amendments for agriculture.

The activity of the port is especially turned towards the pleasure. Its installations are appraisals of the Anglo-Saxons particularly those of the Channel Islands, Jersey and Guernesey. They represent more half of some 700 boats which accosted with the port in 2005.

Places and monuments

Walk of the small laundrettes : many a laundrettes (XVIIIe and XIXe) borders the Trieux. These laundrettes, built at the bottom of the gardens of the middle-class houses, were with the abandonment. An association was installation, organized on August 15th an annual festival " the Festival of the lavoirs" , free and which attracts thousands of people, and helped, in dialog with the municipality, the owners of these laundrettes to obtain subsidies to give them in state. To date, not less than 50 laundrettes were given to new. Walks in the boats are organized during all the season which make it possible to discover them. A " course-lumière" splendid allows to admire them at the time of night walks, always starting from the boats
Maison of the Tower Eiffel : house with wood sides which now shelter the Tourist bureau
High half-timbered houses or hone of size (XVIe, XVIIe and XVIIIe)
neo-classic Église (1842) and its organ classified of 1878
Fontaine of Granite of the XVIIIe called into Breton Plomen
Moulin of Richel (XVIIIe - XIXe)
Viaduc of the railroad (1894)

Statue out of granite of Yves Trocquer (Minister for Transport of 1920 with 1924) on the Place of the church

Personalities related to the commune

Eugene Boudin took as a starting point the landscapes of Pontrieux.

See too

Common of Coast-in Armor

External bonds

Pontrieux on the site of the national geographical Institute
Pontrieux on the site of INSEE
Pontrieux on the site of Quid
Localization of Pontrieux on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Pontrieux on Mapquest
Pontrieux on the site of Trieux

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