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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Saint-Brieuc
|native name        = {{native name|fr-gallo|Saint-Berieu}} <br> {{native name|br|Sant-Brieg}}
|commune status     = [[Prefectures of France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]]
|image              = Cathedrale2.JPG
|caption            = [[Saint-Brieuc Cathedral]]
|image coat of arms = Blason Saint-Brieuc.svg
|coordinates        = {{coord|48.5136|-2.7653|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE              = 22278
|postal code        = 22000
|arrondissement     = Saint-Brieuc
|canton             = [[Canton of Saint-Brieuc-1|Saint-Brieuc-1]] and [[Canton of Saint-Brieuc-2|2]]
|mayor              = Valentin Giraudeau<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   = [[Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération|Saint-Brieuc Armor]]
|elevation min m    = 0
|elevation max m    = 134
|area km2           = 21.88
|population_demonym = ''Briochin'', ''Briochine'' 
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|image flag=Drapeau Saint-Brieuc.svg}}

'''Saint-Brieuc''' ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ bʁijø|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Marxav-Saint-Brieuc.wav}}; {{langx|br|Sant-Brieg}} {{IPA|br|sãnt ˈbriːɛk|}}; {{langx|fr-gallo|Saint-Berieu}}) is a city in the [[Côtes-d'Armor]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] in northwestern France.

==History==
[[File:Bretagne historique.png|thumb|left|The historic bishoprics of Brittany]]
[[File:Saint-Brieuc-mairie.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Hôtel de Ville, Saint-Brieuc|Hôtel de Ville]]]]
Saint-Brieuc is named after a [[Wales|Welsh]] monk, [[Saint Brioc|Brioc]], who Christianised the region in the 5th century and established an oratory there.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anonymous |date=2012-05-05 |title=Saint-Brieuc - Sant Breig |url=https://www.transceltic.com/brittany/saint-brieuc-sant-breig |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Transceltic - Home of the Celtic nations |language=en}}</ref> Bro Sant-Brieg/Pays de Saint-Brieuc, one of the nine traditional bishoprics of Brittany, which were used as administrative areas before the [[French Revolution]], was named after Saint-Brieuc. It also dates from the Middle Ages, when the Pays de Saint Brieuc, or Penteur, was established by Duke Arthur II of Brittany as one of his eight "battles" or administrative regions.

The [[Hôtel de Ville, Saint-Brieuc|Hôtel de Ville]] was completed in 1873.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://saint-brieuc.maville.com/actu/actudet_-saint-brieuc.-la-mairie-un-edifice-qui-a-150-ans_52683-4311834_actu.Htm|title=Saint-Brieuc. La mairie, un édifice qui a 150 ans|date=2 October 2023|newspaper=Ma Ville|access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>

==Geography==

The town is located by the [[English Channel]], on the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. Two rivers flow through Saint-Brieuc: the Goued/[[Gouët]] and the Gouedig/[[Gouédic]].

Other towns of notable size in the ''département'' of Côtes d'Armor are Gwengamp/[[Guingamp]], [[Dinan]], and Lannuon/[[Lannion]] all ''sous-préfectures''.

In 2009, large amounts of [[sea lettuce]], a type of [[alga]], washed up on many beaches of Brittany, and when it rotted it emitted dangerous levels of [[hydrogen sulphide]].<ref name=bbcseaweed>{{cite news|title=Seaweed suspected in French death|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8242649.stm|work=BBC News|date=7 September 2009 |access-date=5 January 2014}}</ref> A horse and some dogs died and a council worker driving a truckload of it fell unconscious at the wheel and died.<ref name=bbcseaweed />

===Neighbouring communes===
[[Langueux]], [[La Méaugon]], [[Plérin]], [[Ploufragan]], [[Trégueux]] and [[Trémuson]].

===Climate===
Saint-Brieuc experiences an [[oceanic climate]].
{{Clear}}
{{Meteo France
|Town=Saint-Brieuc
|Sunshine= 1,565
|Rain=774.7
|Snow=7.4
|Storm=8.4
|Fog=44.8<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lameteo.org/index.php/12-climatologie/1643-normales-climatiques-1981-2010-saint-brieuc|title=Normales climatiques 1981-2010 : Saint-Brieuc|website=www.lameteo.org|access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref>
}}
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{{Weather box
|location = Saint-Brieuc (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1985–present)
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 15.9
|Feb record high C = 21.8
|Mar record high C = 23.9
|Apr record high C = 26.6
|May record high C = 29.0
|Jun record high C = 34.9
|Jul record high C = 39.7
|Aug record high C = 38.1
|Sep record high C = 31.5
|Oct record high C = 29.5
|Nov record high C = 20.7
|Dec record high C = 16.8
|year record high C = 39.7
|Jan high C = 8.9
|Feb high C = 9.4
|Mar high C = 11.4
|Apr high C = 13.6
|May high C = 16.4
|Jun high C = 19.3
|Jul high C = 21.4
|Aug high C = 21.6
|Sep high C = 19.5
|Oct high C = 15.8
|Nov high C = 12.0
|Dec high C = 9.5
|year high C = 14.9
|Jan mean C = 6.3
|Feb mean C = 6.5
|Mar mean C = 8.0
|Apr mean C = 9.8
|May mean C = 12.5
|Jun mean C = 15.3
|Jul mean C = 17.2
|Aug mean C = 17.4
|Sep mean C = 15.5
|Oct mean C = 12.6
|Nov mean C = 9.2
|Dec mean C = 6.9
|year mean C = 11.4
|Jan low C = 3.8
|Feb low C = 3.6
|Mar low C = 4.7
|Apr low C = 6.0
|May low C = 8.6
|Jun low C = 11.2
|Jul low C = 13.0
|Aug low C = 13.2
|Sep low C = 11.5
|Oct low C = 9.4
|Nov low C = 6.5
|Dec low C = 4.3
|year low C = 8.0
|Jan record low C = -11.3
|Feb record low C = -9.4
|Mar record low C = -3.9
|Apr record low C = -1.8
|May record low C = 1.1
|Jun record low C = 3.6
|Jul record low C = 7.1
|Aug record low C = 6.6
|Sep record low C = 4.5
|Oct record low C = -3.9
|Nov record low C = -4.8
|Dec record low C = -7.2
|year record low C = -11.3
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 74.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 64.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 53.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 59.7
|May precipitation mm = 56.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 50.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 41.9
|Aug precipitation mm = 44.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 52.4
|Oct precipitation mm = 81.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 87.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 90.6
|year precipitation mm = 757.3
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 13.5
|Feb precipitation days = 12.4
|Mar precipitation days = 10.6
|Apr precipitation days = 10.9
|May precipitation days = 9.2
|Jun precipitation days = 7.8
|Jul precipitation days = 7.3
|Aug precipitation days = 7.6
|Sep precipitation days = 8.4
|Oct precipitation days = 12.8
|Nov precipitation days = 14.2
|Dec precipitation days = 14.8
|year precipitation days = 129.6
|Jan sun = 65.2
|Feb sun = 82.9
|Mar sun = 121.6
|Apr sun = 163.2
|May sun = 188.1
|Jun sun = 196.2
|Jul sun = 198.1
|Aug sun = 181.8
|Sep sun = 164.0
|Oct sun = 109.6
|Nov sun = 79.3
|Dec sun = 65.9
|year sun = 1615.9
|source 1 = Meteociel <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=22372001|title=Normales et records pour St Brieuc (22)|publisher=Meteociel|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Culture==
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Saint-Brieuc is one of the towns in Europe that host the [[IU Honors Program]].

The ''Cemetery of Saint Michel'' contains graves of several notable Bretons, and sculptures by [[Paul le Goff]] and [[Jean Boucher (artist)|Jean Boucher]]. Outside the wall is [[Armel Beaufils]]'s statue of [[Anatole Le Braz]]. Le Goff, who was killed with his two brothers in World War I, is also commemorated in a street and with his major sculptural work ''La forme se dégageant de la matière'' in the central gardens, which also includes a memorial to him by [[Jules-Charles Le Bozec]] and work by [[Francis Renaud (sculptor)|Francis Renaud]].

The town of [[St. Brieux, Saskatchewan|St. Brieux]] in Saskatchewan, Canada is named after Saint-Brieuc of Brittany. It was founded by immigrants from this region in Brittany. It was settled in the early 1900s.

==Demographics==
Inhabitants of Saint-Brieuc are called ''Briochins'' in French.<ref>[https://www.habitants.fr/cotes-d-armor-22 Côtes-d'Armor], habitants.fr</ref>

{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|30795|Saint-Brieuc}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-22278#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |7335
|1800 |8394
|1806 |9000
|1821 |9956
|1831 |10420
|1836 |11313
|1841 |12484
|1846 |13239
|1851 |12813
|1856 |14888
|1861 |15341
|1866 |15812
|1872 |15253
|1876 |16355
|1881 |17833
|1886 |19240
|1891 |19948
|1896 |21665
|1901 |22198
|1906 |23041
|1911 |23945
|1921 |24511
|1926 |26043
|1931 |28320
|1936 |31640
|1946 |36674
|1954 |37670
|1962 |43142
|1968 |50281
|1975 |52559
|1982 |48563
|1990 |44752
|1999 |46087
|2007 |46178
|2012 |45936
|2017 |44372
}}

==Breton language==
In 2008, 3.98% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg'': [http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/services/observatoire/travaux.php?travail_id=83 ''Enseignement bilingue'']</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Aéroport Saint-Brieuc.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Saint-Brieuc airport]]
[[File:Gare de St-Brieuc façade.JPG|thumb|right|220px|St-Brieuc SNCF station]]
The [[Gare de Saint-Brieuc|Saint-Brieuc railway station]], situated on the [[Paris–Brest railway]], is connected by [[SNCF TGV Atlantique|TGV Atlantique]] to [[Gare Montparnasse|Paris Montparnasse station]], with a journey time of about 3 hours.

There are no scheduled air services from [[Saint-Brieuc – Armor Airport]].

==Notable people==
Saint-Brieuc has been the place of residence for many notable people.

* [[Yann Fouéré]] (1910–2011), Breton nationalist, journalist and author
* [[Patrice Carteron]] (born 1970), footballer
* [[Octave-Louis Aubert]] (1870–1950), editor
* [[Maryvonne Dupureur]] (1937–2008), athlete, Olympic 800m silver medallist
* [[Émile Durand]] (1830–1903), music theorist and teacher
* [[Léonard Charner]] (1797–1869), senator and [[Admiral of France]]
* [[Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam]] (1838–1889), symbolist writer
* [[Célestin Bouglé]] (1870–1940), [[philosopher]]
* [[Louis Guilloux]] (1899–1980), writer
* [[Patrick Dewaere]] (1947–1982), actor
* [[Kévin Théophile-Catherine]] (born 1989), footballer
* [[Louis Rossel]] (1844–1871), Army officer and [[Paris Commune|Communard]]
* [[Florent Du Bois de Villerabel]] (1877–1951), archbishop forced to resign after the Liberation of France in World War II
* [[Mamadou Wagué]] (born 1990), footballer
* [[Raymond Hains]] (1926–2005), artist
* [[Anaclet Wamba]] (born 1960), [[Boxing|boxer]]
* [[Yelle]] (Julie Budet) (born 1983), musician
* [[:fr:Roland Fichet|Roland Fichet]] (born 1950), author, philosopher
* [[Jean-Christophe Boullion]] (born 1969), racing driver
* [[Alexandre Marsoin]] (born 1989), racing driver

== Twin towns ==
Saint-Brieuc ''préfecture'' of the [[Côtes-d'Armor]] is twinned with:
*{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Aberystwyth]], Wales<ref name="Archant twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns|title=British towns twinned with French towns|access-date = 2013-07-11|work=Archant Community Media Ltd}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Agia Paraskevi]], Greece
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alsdorf]], Germany
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Goražde]], Bosnia and Herzegovina

==See also==
*[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Brieuc|Diocese of Saint-Brieuc]]
*[[Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department]]
*[[Élie Le Goff]] Entry for Élie Le Goff a Saint-Brieuc born sculptor
*[[The Saint-Michel cemetery in Saint-Brieuc]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Saint-Brieuc}}
* [http://www.mairie-saint-brieuc.fr City council website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123133846/http://www.mairie-saint-brieuc.fr/ |date=23 January 2011 }} {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.saint-brieuc.maville.com/  saint-brieuc.maville] {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.baiedesaintbrieuc.co.uk/  Saint-Brieuc Tourism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923093645/http://www.baiedesaintbrieuc.co.uk/ |date=23 September 2015 }} {{in lang|en}}
*{{Search Mérimée|22278}}

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