Saint-Briac-sur-Mer

French commune
nomcommune=Saint-Briac-sur-Mer
native_name=Sant-Briag


caption=


x=56
y=76
lat_long=coord|48|37|16|N|2|07|58|W|region:FR_type:city
région=Bretagne
département=Ille-et-Vilaine
arrondissement=Saint-Malo
canton=Dinard
insee=35256
cp=35800
maire=Auguste Senghor
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=la Côte d'Emeraude
alt moy=40 m
alt mini=0
alt maxi=62 m
hectares=806
km²=8.06
sans=2054
date-sans=1999
dens=
date-dens=1999

Saint-Briac-sur-Mer ( _br. Sant-Briag, Gallo: "Saent-Beriac"), is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine Department in Bretagne in northwestern France.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer are called "Briacins".

As of the census of 1999, the town had a population of formatnum:2054.
The estimation for 2004 was formatnum:1950.

Politics

Brice Lalonde, a former Green Party candidate for president of France, was 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.

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.

ee also

*Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

External links

* [http://www.saint-briac.com Official website] fr icon
* [http://www4.culture.fr/patrimoines/patrimoine_architectural_et_mobilier/sribzh/main.xsp?execute=show_document&id=MERIMEEIA35006419 Cultural Heritage] fr icon