Auray in Brittany
Tuesday, 30 April 2013 - 01:07 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union Category/Kategorie: General
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Auray is a commune in the
Morbihan department in
Brittany in northwestern France. Inhabitants of Auray are called
Alréens .
The city is surrounded by the communes of Crac’h to the south and west, Brech to the north and Pluneret to the east. It is crossed by the Loch, a small coastal river which flows into the Gulf of Morbihan . The town is high on the west bank of the river Auray on the edge of the Armorican plateau which is cut deeply by the river. The port of Saint-Goustan is also in the valley, east of the River.
Memorial about the arrival of Benjamin Franklin in France in 1776 © Man vyi
The port of Saint-Goustan is the site of the original town. It is located on the River Auray at the highest tidal reach of the river that ships can access. It was open to ships until the nineteenth century and was also a trading port which was particularly active in its routes with Spain and Britain. The decline of trade in the port began with the arrival of the railway in 1862 and today it is a marina and port of call on tours of the Gulf of Morbihan.
The
Battle of Auray on 29 September 1364 was the last battle of the
Breton War of Succession . Kerblois, the place in Brech at which the defeated
Charles de Blois was killed is marked by a crucifix. In 1632, sailors departed from the port of Saint-Goustan to re-capture the town of
Port Royal in
Acadia on behalf of
Cardinal Richelieu .
Benjamin Franklin arrived at the port of Saint-Goustan on 3 December 1776 at the beginning of the
US War of Independence to seek military aid from
Louis XVI .
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