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Location within Brittany region
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| Coordinates: 48°28′10″N 2°31′00″W / 48.4694°N 2.5167°WCoordinates: 48°28′10″N 2°31′00″W / 48.4694°N 2.5167°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Brittany | |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc | |
| Canton | Lamballe | |
| Intercommunality | Lamballe Communauté | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Loïc Cauret | |
| Area1 | 90.21 km2 (34.83 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013)2 | 13,804 | |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22093 /22400 | |
| Elevation | 37–131 m (121–430 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Lamballe (Breton: Lambal, Gallo: Lanball) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.
It lies on the Gouessant 13 miles (21 km) east-southeast of Saint-Brieuc by rail.
Lamballe was the capital of the territory of the Counts of Penthièvre, who in 1569 were made dukes. La Noue, the famous Huguenot leader, was mortally wounded in 1591 in the siege of the castle, which was dismantled in 1626 by Richelieu. The last Duke of Penthièvre granted his son Louis the title Prince of Lamballe. The Prince de Lamballe married Marie Therese de Savoie-Carignan and she took the title Princesse de Lamballe. The Princesse lived with her father-in-law after the early death of her husband. She was a close friend of Queen Marie Antoinette and one of the most famous victims of the French Revolution.
Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouerie, hero of the American war of independence, died near Lamballe in 1793. Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's father was a Lamballe native of Breton descent.
On 1 January 2016 the former commune of Meslin was merged into Lamballe.
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