- Les Ponts-de-Cé
French commune
nomcommune=Les Ponts-de-Cé
région=Pays de la Loire
département=Maine-et-Loire
arrondissement=Angers
canton=Les Ponts-de-Cé
insee=49246
cp=49130
maire=Pierre-André Ferrand
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=C.A. d'Angers Loire MétropolePays Loire-Angers
longitude=-0.52416
latitude=47.42527
alt moy=26 m
alt mini=15 m
alt maxi=36 m
hectares=1.955
km²=19.55
sans=12,038
date-sans=1999
dens=582
nomhab=Les Ponts de CéaisLes Ponts-de-Cé is a town and commune in
France in the "département" ofMaine-et-Loire , 190 miles south-west ofParis . Les Ponts-de-Cé is in the suburbs ofAngers .It had 11,387 inhabitants in 1999.
History
In September 1432, during the
Hundred Years' War , theroutiers ofRodrigo de Villandrando , in the pay ofGeorges de la Trémoille , held Les Ponts-de-Cé against the assaults of Jean de Bueil.In August
1620 , a battle in Les Ponts-de-Cé definitely ended a civil war, waged byMarie de Médicis . Her troops were defeated by her son, the French KingLouis XIII .This short rebellion, subdued easily by the King's troops, is known in France under the name of
"Drôlerie des Ponts-de-Cé" (Les Ponts-de-Cé's joke).Names
In the past, Les Ponts-de-Cé had known many different names, which are :
* CASTRO-SEIO (889)
* PON SIGEI (1009)
* IN SAIACO (1036)
* SAIACUS (1090)
* SEIUM (1104)
* PONS SAGEI (1115)
* PONS SAGII (1148)
* PONS SAEII (1291)
* LE PONT DE SAE (1293)
* LES PONTS DE SEE (1529).All these names contain the Celtic root "
SEA ", which has the same meaning as in English.Fact|date=February 2007Indeed, the city has the characteristic of being spanned by many bridges which connect the various zones and roads of the city between them. This is also why the French meaning could be translated by "Cé's bridges".
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