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PONTIVY , a See also: town of western See also: France, chief town of an arrondissement in the department of See also: Morbihan, 46 m
.
N.N.W. of See also: Vannes by See also: rail
.
Pop
.
(1906), 6312 (town); 9506 (commune)
.
The town, situated on the Blavet, at its confluence with the See also: Nantes-See also: Brest canal, comprises two distinct parts—the old town and that to the See also: south known as Napoleonville
.
The latter, built by See also: order of See also: Napoleon I., who desired to make it the military headquarters for See also: Brittany, and consisting chiefly of barracks, subsequently gave its name to the whole town, but in 1871 the old name was resumed
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The See also: ancient See also: castle (1485) of the See also: dukes
of Rohan, whose capital the town was, is occupied by the Musee le Brigant of See also: art and archaeology
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A monument to commemorate the See also: Breton-Angevin Union, the deputies of which met at Pontivy in 1790, was erected in 1894, and there are statues of Dr Guepin, a democrat, and General de Lourmel (d
.
1854)
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The town has a sub-prefecture, a tribunal of first instance, and a lycee for boys
.
Pontivy had its origin in a monastery founded in the 7th century by St Ivy, a See also: monk of Lindisfarne
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PONT-L'ABB$, a town of western France in the department of
See also: Finistere, r3 m
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S.W. of See also: Quimper by rail
.
Pop
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(1906), of the town 4485, of the commune 6432
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The town is situated on the right See also: bank of the estuary or See also: river of Pont-l'See also: Abbe, 2 M. from the See also: sea
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Its See also: port carries on fishing, imports See also: timber, See also: coal, &c., and exports mine-props and the cereals and vegetables of the neighbourhood
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Of the old buildings of the town the chief is a See also: church of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, once attached to a Carmelite convent; an old castle is occupied by the hotel de ville
.
The
See also: local costumes, trimmed with the bright-coloured embroideries for which the town is noted, are among the most striking in Brittany; the bigouden or See also: head-dress of the See also: women has given its name to the inhabitants
.
Pont-l'Abbe carries on See also: flour-milling and the extraction of chemicals from 'seaweed
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