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Saint-Briac-sur-Mer | |
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 Anchorage area of Béchet and the small peninsula of Château du Nessay in Saint-Briac-sur-Mer. | |
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 Location of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer | |
  Saint-Briac-sur-Mer  Saint-Briac-sur-Mer | |
| Coordinates:48°37′16″N2°07′58″W / 48.6211°N 2.1328°W /48.6211; -2.1328 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Malo |
| Canton | Saint-Malo-2 |
| Intercommunality | Côte d'Emeraude |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2023–2026) | Philippe Fourneyron[1] |
Area 1 | 8.06 km2 (3.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,228 |
| • Density | 276/km2 (716/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35256 /35800 |
| Elevation | 0–62 m (0–203 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Briac-sur-Mer (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃bʁijaksyʁmɛʁ], literallySaint-Briac on Sea;Breton:Sant-Briag;Gallo:Saent-Beriac), is acommune in theIlle-et-VilaineDepartment inBrittany in northwesternFrance.
Inhabitants of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer are calledbriacins in French.
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St Briac lies on theGulf Stream which means it enjoys a warm climate, several degrees warmer than the surrounding areas. The village has fine examples of tropical palms and plants, along the streets, making strolls very enjoyable.
Saint Briac has twocampsites, seven beaches, fourtennis courts, onesoccer field, ayacht club, onemini golf, one 18 holegolf course, and more than 5 restaurants.
The name Saint Briac comes from the name ofSaint Briag, an Irishman. Briag arrived from Ireland withSaint Tugdual in around 548.
On 4 and 5 September 1758, a British fleet of 113 ships under the command of AdmiralRichard Howe, landed east of the Garde Guerin, in Saint Briac. With a force of more than 12,000 men, under the command of GeneralThomas Bligh, who accompanied the Duke of York, the future kingGeorge III, they established camp in neighboring St Lunaire, but not before pillaging and burning down more than half of Saint Briac.
Le Chateau du Nessay (seen below) was built on an emplacement of a castle originating from the 12th century. During theFrench Revolution, it was used as a prison, to hold political prisoners.
St Briac was called Port Briac during theFrench Revolution.
Though France requires since 1976 that all beaches be public and that shoreside owners let people pass, wealthy owners of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer don't allow it and have been fighting the law in court ever since,[5] including John Kerry's family.[6][7][8]
TheForbes family estate, calledLes Essarts was bombed duringWorld War II. Les Essarts was rebuilt in 1954.
Brice Lalonde, a formerGreen Party candidate forpresident of France, was mayor of this wealthy resort village from 1989 to 2008.
Lalonde and his first cousin,U.S. SenatorJohn Kerry, are grandsons of James Grant Forbes, an heir of theForbes family ofChina andBoston. James Grant Forbes was born inShanghai and later moved to France where theForbes family estate is located. Kerry and Lalonde were childhood friends on the estate in Saint Briac.
The current mayor is Vincent Denby Wilkes
Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the Titular Empress of all the Russias, lived here with her husband and their son and one of their daughters.
Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich of Russia, Victoria's husband, Head of the Imperial Family of Russia and Titular Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias.
Kira Kirillovna of Russia, their youngest daughter and wife ofLouis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia heir to the Prussian Throne.
Vladimir Cyrillovich, Grand Duke of Russia, their son, Head of the Imperial Family of Russia and Titular Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias after the death of his father. Vladimir is the father ofMaria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia a disputed claimant to the leadership of the Imperial Family.
Armel Beaufils a sculptor, lived in St Briac from 1929 to 1952.
Auguste Renoir painted a peasant and her cow in the outskirts of the village.
Paul Signac a painter, creator ofpointillism anddivisionism commonly stopped in St Briac during his travels.
Hugh Grant an actor[9]
A Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, de riches propriétaires se battent contre l'Etat, qui souhaite faire appliquer la loi du 31 décembre 1976 relative à l'organisation de l'indivision. Une loi qui restreint notamment le droit de propriété immobilière au nom de l'intérêt général, en obligeant les propriétaires d'un terrain situé sur le littoral à laisser un espace de trois mètres en bord de mer, afin que les randonneurs puissent y passer.
À Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, en Bretagne, une bataille judiciaire fait rage depuis 36 ans entre l'État et quelques riches propriétaires, dont la famille de John Kerry et Brice Lalonde
for decades Saint-Briac leaders have steadfastly refused to obey via a series of legal moves, in particular Senghor's predecessor Brice Lalonde -- Kerry's first cousin
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