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Saint-Brieuc

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Introduction

St Brieuc - 1572 house

Saint-Brieuc is located in the Côtes d'Armor department in the French region of Bretagne. Saint-Brieuc is situated in a central position with superb surroundings. It became the administrative capital of the department of Côtes d’Armor and, with the neighboring towns, its main economic center. Today, Saint-Brieuc has a population of 50,000 inhabitants; the urban district includes 115,000 people. It is also a historic city located between Brest and Rennes, and between the Emerald and Pink Granite Coasts in Brittany. It is situated in a central position with superb surroundings. Among valleys and bay, it forms a link between land and sea and proudly bears aloft colours of Côtes d’Armor, green and blue. Saint-Brieuc is the centre of a dynamic urban district boasting all public services, a wide range of private services and more than 350 shops. It’s the main place for business and entertainment in Côtes d’Armor.

Saint-Brieuc is mostly a city in the hollow of a bay which called Saint-Brieuc Bay. It is a nature reserve with an environment that boasts outstanding flora and fauna. On the outskirts of the city is Le Légué, a commercial harbour and yachting marina. Here the sea provides delicious seafood such as scallops, oysters, mussels and fish!

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Neighbourhoods

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

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Getting There

By Plane

By Train

Saint-Brieuc has TGV's (High Speed Trains) to Paris in about 3 hours. Call 36 35 (in France only) for reservations.

By Car

The RN 12 is a dual carriageway road (no toll payment) and it is 4 hours from Paris (450 kilometres) and 2 hours from Nantes (200 kilometres).

By Bus

By Boat

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

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Work

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Learn

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

Post

La Poste in France is also referred to as the PTT (short for postes, télégraphes et téléphones). The mailboxes are painted bright yellow and often there is a slot for local city mail and another slot for "outside mail". Normally there is a queue in the post office, but most of the post offices have the self service machine installed which is quite easy to operate. Nowadays many of the tabac and even some of the souvenir shops also sell postage stamps. Normally an overseas postcard costs almost as much as sending a letter.
Post offices are generally open from 8:00am to 7:00pm Monday through Friday, and 8:00am to noon on Saturdays. Apart from the basic job of mailing letters, most of the post offices do some banking activities also and some even have photocopy machines and cyber cafes for internet access.

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