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town of western See also:France, See also:chief town of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Morbihan, 46 m. N.N.W. of See also:Vannes by See also:rail. Pop. (1906), 6312 (town); 9506 (See also:commune). The town, situated on the Blavet, at its confluence with the See also:Nantes-See also:Brest See also:canal, comprises two distinct parts—the old town and that to the See also:south known as Napoleonville. The latter, built by See also:order of See also:Napoleon I., who desired to make it the military headquarters for See also:Brittany, and consisting chiefly of See also:barracks, subsequently gave its name to the whole town, but in 1871 the old name was resumed. The See also:ancient See also:castle (1485) of the See also:dukes of See also:Rohan, whose See also:capital the town was, is occupied by the Musee le Brigant of See also:art and See also:archaeology. A See also:monument to commemorate the See also:Breton-Angevin See also:Union, the deputies of which met at Pontivy in 1790, was erected in 1894, and there are statues of Dr Guepin, a democrat, and See also:General de Lourmel (d. 1854). The town has a sub-prefecture, a tribunal of first instance, and a lycee for boys. Pontivy had its origin in a monastery founded in the 7th See also:century by St See also:Ivy, a See also:monk of Lindisfarne. See also:PONT-L'ABB$, a town of western France in the department of See also:Finistere, r3 m.

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Quimper by rail. Pop. (1906), of the town 4485, of the commune 6432. The town is situated on the right See also:bank of the See also:estuary or See also:river of Pont-l'See also:Abbe, 2 M. from the See also:sea. Its See also:port carries on fishing, imports See also:timber, See also:coal, &c., and exports mine-props and the cereals and vegetables of the neighbourhood. Of the old buildings of the town the chief is a See also:church of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, once attached to a Carmelite See also:convent; an old castle is occupied by the hotel de ville. The See also:local costumes, trimmed with the See also:bright-coloured embroideries for which the town is noted, are among the most striking in Brittany; the bigouden or See also:head-See also:dress of the See also:women has given its name to the inhabitants. Pont-l'Abbe carries on See also:flour-milling and the extraction of chemicals from 'seaweed.

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