Lamballe
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| Commune of Lamballe | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 02° 31' 00" W |
| Latitude | 48° 28' 10" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Bretagne |
| Département | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
| Canton | Lamballe |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 37 m–131 m (avg. 56 m) |
| Land area¹ | 76.29 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
10,563 |
| - Density (1999) | 138/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22093/ 22400 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Lamballe is a town and commune of north-western France, in the département of Côtes-d'Armor, on the Gouessant 13 miles ESE of Saint-Brieuc by rail. Pop. (1906) 4347.
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[edit] History
Lamballe was the capital of the territory of the counts of Penthièvre, who in 1569 were made dukes.
La Noue, the famous Huguenot leader, was mortally wounded in 1591 in the siege of the castle, which was dismantled in 1626 by Richelieu. The last Duke of Penthievre granted his son Louis the title Prince of Lamballe. The Prince de Lamballe married Marie Therese de Savoie-Carignan and she took the title Princesse de Lamballe. The Princesse lived with her father-in-law after the early death of her husband. She was a close friend of Queen Marie Antoinette and one of the most famous victims of the French Revolution. The title died with her in 1792.
[edit] Sights
Crowning the eminence on which the town is built is a beautiful Gothic church (13th and 14th centuries), once the chapel of the castle of the counts of Penthièvre.
Of the other buildings, the church of St Martin (11th, 15th and 16th centuries) is the chief.
[edit] Economy
Lamballe has an important haras (depôt for stallions) and carries on trade in grain, tanning and leather-dressing; earthenware is manufactured in the environs.
[edit] Reference
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
