Saint-Suliac

Saint-Suliac is a common French, located in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine and the area Brittany.

Its inhabitants are Suliaçais.

Geography

Saint Suliac is at the north of the Ille-et-Vilaine at: 10 km of Malo Saint, 20 km of Cancale, 15 km of Dinan and Dinard, 20 km of Fraud-of-Brittany, 25 km of Combourg, 40 km of the Cape-Fréhel and the Mount-Saint-Michel, 45 km of Bécherel, 60 km of Rennes.

Saint-Suliac is classified among the most beautiful villages of France since 1999: typically Breton harbor village, it is organized around its church and of its port, in multiples small streets tortuous and charming. It is practically a peninsula. Its very many coastal paths of excursions go to the meeting of natural sites: with the mill with tide of Beauchet, with the old saltworks of Watch for (founded in 1736), with the Point of the Well, the point of Grainfollet, the Mount-Garrot, which offers splendid view-points on the estuary of the Rancid one, on the countries of Saint-Malo, Dol, Dinan and the Mount-Saint-Michel.

Saint-Suliac, village of fisherman on the edges of Rancid, is one of the rare truly maritime villages of this estuary, between Saint-Malo and Dinan.

Administration

Demography

History

The area of St Suliac was inhabited since good lontemps as the presence to it to a Menhir of the Neolithic " testifies; The tooth of Gargantua". and formerly of 3 menhirs, a dolmen and a walk shady of 13 m on the Southern slope of the Mount-Garrot.

Paleolitic time, the discovery in 1951, of a layer of 6000 cut flints absolutely exceptional (points, scrapers, scrapers, gravers, borers,…) we proves the intense activity of this industry installed under a rock shelter of Grainfolet.

At the time Gallo-Roman of the villas are built in the south of Garrot and also close to current borough of Saint-Suliac.

In 560, a Welsh monk named Suliau (later called Suliac) lived on the heights of the Mount-Garrot, it founded there a monastery and the vault the St. Lawrence, first church of the village. From this remote time (Life century) remain some carved stones recovered on the ruins of the old monastery and now integrated into the equipment of certain houses. The vines planted around the monastery will produce, as of the Middle Ages, of the rather famous wines.

During the first third of Xe century, the Vikings are installed in Saint-Suliac on the estuary of Rancid and on the site of an older enclosure, rebuild a city strengthened in the south of the Mount-Garrot. They will give up this strategic site after their defeat of 939, at the origin of their fold towards Normandy.

A new Romance church is built in the center of the current borough, of which there does not remain that the principal door of the western pinion. In 1136, the parish of Saint-Suliac who depended on évêché on Saint-Malo, passes under the dependence of the very powerful abbey of Saint-Florent-the-Saumur, to Anjou. At the end of XIIIe century, one rebuilds the church, which will give him its beautiful Gothic stylistics of XIIIe century. At that time, the parish thus counts on its territory two other priories, the St. Lawrence de Garrot which it preserves and Holy-Marie-of-Stablons in City-are-Nonais, which depends on the abbey of Saint-Sulpice-the-forest.

The hospital Knights of Midsummer's Day of Jerusalem, had a stronghold, a hospital and a Saint-Gilles vault, at the ancient village of Doslet. They build at the end of XIe century on the edges of Rancid, another hospital and a vault Saint-Jean-Baptist, with Port-Stablon (Port-Saint-Jean), where they ensure the passage on the Rancid one.

In 1597, at the time of the wars of religion, the church is strengthened and occupied militarily. The Saint-Suliac August 29th is bombarded violently by two galéres embossées on the beach, whereas the borough is attacked by the back by several regiments, the attack is fatal: 250 died around the church at the evening of August 29th, 1597.

The inhabitants of the harbor village of Saint-Suliac are mainly sailors. They practice inshore fishing, embark on ships for great fishing on the Benches or in Newfoundland, or for the trade, with the demarcation, the coastal traffic international main road and (with length-short) and at the time of the wars on ships armed in races (corsair).

At the time of the many wars of the XVIIIe centuries, the corsairs carry out true exploits, suliaçais it Thomas-Auguste Miniac of Moinerie is distinguished particularly with the catch from Ruby in 1707 and with the head office of Rio de Janeiro in 1711, like itself specifies it Duguay-Trouin.

In 1758, the English devastate the edges of the Rancid one again.

At the time of the Revolution, Saint-Suliac is called from now on " Port-Suliac". In October 1792, the prior must hide and the vicar to exile itself and a constitutional priest is installed with Port-Suliac. January 5th, 1793 the Directory of Saint-Malo decides to close the church, because malgrés the orders of the religious ceremonies are celebrated. The church of Port-Suliac was used then as Temple of the Raison goddess. The complete municipal council must attend the festivals of the Decade, with the Popular Company and Inspection committee. In September 1795, one removes the paving of the church to recover salpetre (gunpowder), but the odors fêtides which emerge from the discovered tombs, makes flee the festivals of the Decade, with the presbytery.

The Consulate restores the catholic worship and the name of " Saint-Suliac".

The XIX E century sees tourism developing slowly with some constructions of balneal villas. The Company of the Regattas of Saint-Suliac is founded in 1865 and organizes every year a great water festival and village.

The commune of City-be-Nonais was created in 1850 by dismemberment of 449 hectares of the commune of Saint-Suliac in the south and thus lost 910 inhabitants.

In 1872, a hold of loading is built, on the strike, in the axis of the main street.

For the law of separation of the church and state, the Inventory of March 8th, 1906, was the object of serious confrontations between the sailors who defended the access to the church and the 47ième regiment of infantry, which due to beat a retreat!

The construction of the bridge of Beauchet in 1903, then station for the arrival of train TIV in 1909, will disenclose the peninsula of Saint-Suliac, by new accesses, with the detriment of the traditional sea route. In 1911, on the strike, the quay of fruiting branch is built, to offer a walk to the tourists and especially will disenclose the hamlet of Villeneuve.

Saint-Suliac is one of the rare villages of the estuary of the Rance to being turned towards the sea and not towards the interior of the grounds. Its inhabitants are the only ones to practice fishing " with the lançon" (a small thread-like fish, whose size does not exceed 20 cm) on board Chippe (hollow boat with pointed back, grée with the third) which they sold on Saint-Malo like soft food for fishing with the bars, with mackerels,…. The local fishermen also practiced fishings with the cuttlefish, (known as margate into Breton), like manure in the fields, which with given to Suliaçais, the nickname of " Margatier".

The years 1960-70, mark a development of the village with the construction of the quay towards the Fields of Brons and a quay level on ripraps. Allotments will extend the village on Grainfolet and more tardily, towards the marshes and Garrot.

In 1965, with the development of the pleasure and the port, a school of veil is created, to train the young people with the veil, like last heirs to this maritime tradition.

Construction in 1963-1966 of the Stopping of Rancid, downstream from Saint-Suliac, with deeply modified the ecosystem, sea-beds, marlings and the currents of the estuary of the Rancid one. " bates; Maria" built in 1992, with identical of several Chippes of Saint-Suliac realized according to plans of 1910 of the Lemarchand building site is the counterpart. It was preceded in Brest in 1992.

Places and monuments

Church of the XIII {{E}} - XIV {{E}} century, classified MH, remarkable by its strengthened tower, surrounded by a parochial Enclosed , a construction become rare in this part of Brittany;
Many houses dating from XIVe and XVe centuries, they present granite frontages of a great unit of color.
Vestige of the camp Viking (10th century), classified MH, quadrangular enclosure strengthened visible especially by sea full in the handle with Vigneux in the south of the Mount-Garrot;
Oratorical of Grainfolet (1894), view-point on the estuary of the Rancid one;
the tooth of Gargantua, classified MH;
the mill with tide of Beauchet;
classified sites, coastal paths of excursion: - The point of Grainfollet - the point of the Mount-Garrot - the point of the Well - the old Saltworks of Watch for;
vines of Garrots, 1250 feet of chenin planted out of prop on the southern slopes of the Mount-Garrot.
the estuary of Rancid, very beautiful site classified MH and protected for its maritime environment: Community site of Interest Natura 2000.

Personalities related to the commune

Guillaume de Marbœuf, sgr of Ringed, (1648-1712), president of Parlement of Brittany 1691-1712.
Claude All Saints' day Marot, count of Garaye (1674-1755), benefactor and promoter of the saltworks of Saint-Suliac, in 1736.
Joseph & Thomas Miniac, Sr of Villeneuve, captains corsairs of 1705 to 1711.
Thomas-Auguste Miniac, Sr of Moinerie, captain corsair of 1702 to 1707 valiant lieutenant of the Duguay-Trouin squadrons.
Louis Thomas Marie Harrington, Sr of Villeneuve (1723-1813), trader ship-owner, was the first mayor of Saint-Suliac in 1789.
Jean & Thomas Herbert, Sr of Carry-Barred, captains corsairs to the XVII & XVIII E centuries.
Léopold Victor Charner, admiral (1797-1869)]
Elvire countess of Cerny, (1818-1899), folklorist, writer of tales, legends and traditions popular.
Alfred Adophe Caravaniez (°1855-), sculptor, famous artist.
Roger-Edgar Waistcoat, a painter of famous world

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