Pontivy

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Commune of Pontivy
Location
Longitude -2.98°
Latitude 48.07°
Administration
Country France
Region Bretagne
Department Morbihan
(sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement Pontivy
Canton Pontivy
(chief town)
Mayor Jean-Pierre Le Roch
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 48 m–192 m
(avg. 60 m)
Land area¹ 24.85 km²
Population²
(1999)		 13,508
 - Density (1999) 544/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 56178/ 56300
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France
The Château des Rohan in Pontivy
The Château des Rohan in Pontivy

Pontivy (Pondi in Breton) is a commune of the département of Morbihan, in the région of Bretagne, at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest.

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A monk called Ivy built a bridge nearby over the river Blavet in the 7th century, and the town is named after him ("pont" being the French for "bridge"). From November 9, 1804, the name was changed to Napoléonville after Napoléon Bonaparte, under whom it had around 3000 inhabitants. After his downfall, it was renamed Pontivy again, then later Bourbonville, and Napoléonville again after Napoléon III came to power.

This is a largely agricultural town.

  • 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]

The town maintains twinning links with:

  1. Tavistock in Great Britain since 1958
  2. Ouelessebougou, in Mali since 1986
  3. Wesseling, in Germany since 1972
  4. Napoléonville, in Louisiana since 1989
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