Pontivy
Pontivy
Pondi | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
Coordinates: 48°04′09″N 2°57′41″W / 48.0692°N 2.9614°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Pontivy |
Canton | Pontivy |
Intercommunality | Pontivy Communauté |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Christine Le Strat[1] |
Area 1 | 24.85 km2 (9.59 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 14,774 |
• Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 56178 /56300 |
Elevation | 48–192 m (157–630 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Pontivy (French pronunciation: Canal de Nantes à Brest. Inhabitants of Pontivy are called Pontivyens in French.
Map
History
A
Napoléon III
came to power.
Population
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 11,412 | — |
1975 | 12,578 | +1.40% |
1982 | 12,675 | +0.11% |
1990 | 13,140 | +0.45% |
1999 | 13,508 | +0.31% |
2007 | 13,648 | +0.13% |
2012 | 13,973 | +0.47% |
2017 | 14,606 | +0.89% |
Source: INSEE[5] |
Economy
This is a largely agricultural town.
Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 8 August 2004. As part of that plan, all road signs in the town centre are bilingual.[6]
In 2008, 11.34% of the children in the town attended the bilingual schools in primary education.[7]
Sights
- The castle of Rohan (with its moat) (late XVe).
- The Notre-Dame-de-Joie basilica. [Basilica:[1]
- The Saint Joseph church. [Eglise St. Joseph:[2]
Events
- Every year the final round of Kan ar Bobl, a Breton music competition.
Twin towns
The town maintains twinning links with:
- Tavistock, United Kingdom since 1958
- Ouelessebougou, Malisince 1986
- Wesseling, Germany since 1972
- Napoléonville, United States since 1989
See also
- Communes of the Morbihan department
- Gaston-Auguste Schweitzer Sculptor of Pontivy war memorial
References
- ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Commune de Pontivy: Etude Normative des Toponymes . "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Des plaques de rue bilingues à Pontivy". Ofis ar Brezhoneg (in French).
- ^ "Enseignement bilingue". Ofis ar Brezhoneg (in French).
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pontivy.
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Morbihan Association Archived 15 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- Pontivy railway station and bus terminal (in French)