St Brienc, a town of Brittany, the capital of the department of Côtes du Nord, on the Gouet, 2 miles from its mouth in the English Channel, and 93 E. of Brest. It has a port, Le Légué, at the river's mouth; a cathedral, dating from the 13th century; the ruined Tour de Cesson (1395, blown up 1598); and a lyceum, with a library of 27,000 volumes. Pop. (1886) 16,289.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 82
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