Tréguier

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Administration
Commune of Tréguier
Location
Longitude	-3.23°
Latitude	48.78°
Country	France
Région	Bretagne
Département	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Lannion
Canton	Tréguier (chief town)
Mayor	Patrick Toularastel (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	0 m–66 m
Land area¹	1.52 km²
Population² (1999)	2,679
- Density (1999)	1,763/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	22362/ 22220
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).

Tréguier is a port town and commune of the Côtes-d'Armor département, in northwestern France.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Sights
4 Economy
5 Miscellaneous
- 5.1 Births
6 External links and reference

[edit] Geography

Tréguier is located 36 m. N.W. of Saint-Brieuc by road. The port is situated about 5 1/2 m. from the English Channel at the confluence of two streams that form the Tréguier River.

[edit] History

Tréguier (Trecorum), which dates from the 6th century, grew up round a monastery founded by Saint Tudwal (died c. 564). In the 9th century it became the seat of a bishopric, suppressed on July 12, 1790 (decree of November 14, 1789). Pop. (1906), 2605.

[edit] Sights

The cathedral, remarkable in having three towers over the transept, one of which is surmounted by a fine spire, dates from the 14th and 15th centuries. It contains the sumptuous modern mausoleum of Ivo of Kermartin (St Yves; d. 1303), a canon of the cathedral, the building of which was largely due to him. To the south of the church there is a cloister (1468) with graceful arcades.

[Tréguier Cathedral:[1],[2],[3],[4]]

There is a statue of Ernest Renan, a native of the town.

[edit] Economy

Saw-milling, boat-building and flaxstripping are carried on, together with trade in cereals, cloth, potatoes, etc. The port carries on fishing and a coasting and small foreign trade.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Tro Breizh (Breton for "Tour of Brittany") is a Catholic pilgrimage that links the towns of the seven founding saints of Brittany, including Tréguier, Saint Tudwal's town.