Saint-Briac-sur-Mer
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Commune of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer |
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| Sant-Briag | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Bretagne | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Malo | |
| Canton | Dinard | |
| Intercommunality | CdC de la Côte d'Emeraude | |
| Mayor | Auguste Senghor (2008-2014) |
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| Elevation | 0 m–62 m (avg. 40 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 8.06 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
2,054 | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 35256/ 35800 | |
| 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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Saint-Briac-sur-Mer (Breton: Sant-Briag, Gallo: Saent-Beriac), is a commune of the Ille-et-Vilaine département, in Brittany, France.
Brice Lalonde, a former Green Party candidate for president of France, has been mayor of this wealthy resort village, from 1989 to 2008.
Lalonde and his first cousin, U.S. Senator John Kerry, are grandsons of James Grant Forbes, an heir of the Forbes family of China and Boston, who was born in Shanghai and later moved to France where the Forbes family estate is located. Kerry and Lalonde were childhood friends on the estate in Saint-Briac.
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[edit] Demographics
Inhabitants of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer are called Briacins.
As of the census of 1999, the town had a population of 2,054.
The estimation for 2004 was 1,950.
[edit] Famous people
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 of Louis 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 of Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia a disputed claimant to the leadership of the Imperial Family.
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[edit] External links
- Official website (French)
- Cultural Heritage (French)
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