Lamballe

Lamballe ( Lambal in Breton, Lanball on Gallo ) is a commune with 12,292 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ) in the department of Côtes- d'Armor in the Brittany region; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint- Brieuc and Lamballe Canton. The town is crossed by the river Gouessant.

History

On 1 January 1973, places Lamballe, Maroué, La Poterie, Saint- Aaron and Trégomar grouped together for new community Lamballe.

Attractions

• Menhir of Trégomar
• Collegiate Church of Notre -Dame
• Churches Saint- Martin and Saint -Jean
• The Maison du Bourreau ( Musée Mathurin Méheut / Musée d'art populaire )
• Musée de la poterie ( Töpfermuseum )
• State Stud " Haras National de Lamballe " as a main breeding area of the Breton Post horses

Personalities

• Jean IV de Brosse († 1564)
• Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, prince de Lamballe (1747-1768), son of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre
• Marie -Louise of Savoy - Carignan, Princess of Lamballe (1749-1792), known as " Madame de Lamballe "
• Armand Tuffin de La Rouërie (1751-1793), Military Revolutionary War
• Alexandre Glais - Bizoin (1800-1877), politician
• Gustave Tery (1870-1928), journalist and writer
• Louis Deschamps (1878-1925), politician
• Mathurin Méheut (1882-1958), painter
• Fabien Fabiano (1883-1962), painter and illustrator
• Yann Sohier (1901-1935)
• Mongo Beti (1932-2001), writer
• Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006); his ancestors came from Lamballe.