PONTIVY  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of western See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief town of an See also:

• ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• MORBIHAN

Morbihan, 46 m . N.N.W. of See also:

• VANNES

Vannes by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1906), 6312 (town); 9506 (See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune) . The town, situated on the Blavet, at its confluence with the See also:

• NANTES
• NANTES, EDICT OF

Nantes-See also:

• BREST

Brest See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal, comprises two distinct parts—the old town and that to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south known as Napoleonville . The latter, built by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon I., who desired to make it the military headquarters for See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany, and consisting chiefly of See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks, subsequently gave its name to the whole town, but in 1871 the old name was resumed . The See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle (1485) of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of See also:

• ROHAN
• ROHAN, HENRI
• ROHAN, LOUIS RENE EDOUARD, CARDINAL DE (1734-1803)

Rohan, whose See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital the town was, is occupied by the Musee le Brigant of See also:

• ART

art and See also:

• ARCHAEOLOGY (from Gr. &pxa1a, ancient things, and Xoyos, theory or science)

archaeology . A See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to commemorate the See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton-Angevin See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union, the deputies of which met at Pontivy in 1790, was erected in 1894, and there are statues of Dr Guepin, a democrat, and See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General de Lourmel (d . 1854) . 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 See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century by St See also:

• IVY (A.S. ifig, Ger. Epheu, perhaps connected with apium, anent)

Ivy, a See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

monk of Lindisfarne . See also:

• PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

PONT-L'ABB$, a town of western France in the department of See also:

• FINISTERE, or FINISTERRE

Finistere, r3 m .

S.W. of See also:

• QUIMPER

Quimper by rail . Pop . (1906), of the town 4485, of the commune 6432 . The town is situated on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary or See also:

• RIVER

river of Pont-l'See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

Abbe, 2 M. from the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . Its See also:

• PORT

port carries on fishing, imports See also:

• TIMBER

timber, See also:

• COAL

coal, &c., and exports mine-props and the cereals and vegetables of the neighbourhood . Of the old buildings of the town the chief is a See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, once attached to a Carmelite See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent; an old castle is occupied by the hotel de ville . The See also:

• LOCAL

local costumes, trimmed with the See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright-coloured embroideries for which the town is noted, are among the most striking in Brittany; the bigouden or See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress of the See also:

• WOMEN

women has given its name to the inhabitants . Pont-l'Abbe carries on See also:

• FLOUR

flour-milling and the extraction of chemicals from 'seaweed .