Pontivy

{{wide image|Pontivy_opentopomap.png|400px|Topographic map}}

A monk called Ivy built a bridge nearby over the river Blavet in the 7th century, and the town is named after him ("pont-Ivi" being the Breton for "Ivy's bridge").Commune de Pontivy: Etude Normative des Toponymes . {{cite web |url=http://www.pontivy.fr/pontivy/public/Le_saviez-vous/pontivy-toponymie.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002034506/http://www.pontivy.fr/pontivy/public/Le_saviez-vous/pontivy-toponymie.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-02 }} From November 9, 1804, the name was changed to Napoléonville after Napoléon Bonaparte, under whom it had around 3,000 inhabitants. After his downfall, it was renamed Pontivy again, then later Bourbonville, and Napoléonville again after Napoléon III came to power.

{{Historical populations

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|1968 |11412

|1975 |12578

|1982 |12675

|1990 |13140

|1999 |13508

|2007 |13648

|2012 |13973

|2017 |14606

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This is a largely agricultural town.

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 8 August 2004. As part of that plan, all road signs in the town centre are bilingual.{{cite web|url=http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/actualite/zoom/index.php?actualite_id=287 |title=Des plaques de rue bilingues à Pontivy|website= Ofis ar Brezhoneg|language=fr }}

In 2008, 11.34% of the children in the town attended the bilingual schools in primary education.{{cite web|url=http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/services/observatoire/travaux.php?travail_id=83|title=Enseignement bilingue|website=Ofis ar Brezhoneg|language=fr}}

• The castle of Rohan (with its moat) (late XVe).
• The Notre-Dame-de-Joie basilica. [Basilica:[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312085002/http://catholique-vannes.cef.fr/site2/images/clip_image002_008.jpg]
• The Saint Joseph church. [Eglise St. Joseph:[https://web.archive.org/web/20060116004750/http://www.lescorff.com/Pontivy3.jpg]

• Every year the final round of Kan ar Bobl, a Breton music competition.

The town maintains twinning links with:

• {{flagicon|UK}} Tavistock, United Kingdom since 1958
• {{flagicon|MLI}} Ouelessebougou, Mali since 1986
• {{flagicon|GER}} Wesseling, Germany since 1972
• {{flagicon|USA}} Napoléonville, United States since 1989

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|location = Pontivy (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1968–2016)

|Jan record high C = 17.5

|Feb record high C = 19.8

|Mar record high C = 22.9

|Apr record high C = 27.8

|May record high C = 30.3

|Jun record high C = 34.6

|Jul record high C = 36.5

|Aug record high C = 39.2

|Sep record high C = 31.4

|Oct record high C = 28.8

|Nov record high C = 20.9

|Dec record high C = 16.5

|Jan record low C = -17.0

|Feb record low C = -15.1

|Mar record low C = -7.3

|Apr record low C = -4.8

|May record low C = -2.2

|Jun record low C = 1.5

|Jul record low C = 5.0

|Aug record low C = 2.0

|Sep record low C = 0.5

|Oct record low C = -4.6

|Nov record low C = -6.5

|Dec record low C = -8.5

|Jan high C = 8.9

|Feb high C = 9.5

|Mar high C = 12.3

|Apr high C = 14.5

|May high C = 18.0

|Jun high C = 21.3

|Jul high C = 23.3

|Aug high C = 23.4

|Sep high C = 20.7

|Oct high C = 16.4

|Nov high C = 12.1

|Dec high C = 9.3

| year high C = 15.8

|Jan mean C = 5.9

|Feb mean C = 6.0

|Mar mean C = 8.1

|Apr mean C = 9.7

|May mean C = 13.1

|Jun mean C = 16.0

|Jul mean C = 17.9

|Aug mean C = 17.8

|Sep mean C = 15.4

|Oct mean C = 12.2

|Nov mean C = 8.5

|Dec mean C = 6.2

| year mean C = 11.4

|Jan low C = 2.9

|Feb low C = 2.5

|Mar low C = 3.9

|Apr low C = 4.8

|May low C = 8.2

|Jun low C = 10.6

|Jul low C = 12.5

|Aug low C = 12.2

|Sep low C = 10.1

|Oct low C = 8.1

|Nov low C = 5.0

|Dec low C = 3.1

| year low C = 7.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 117.7

|Feb precipitation mm = 86.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 76.7

|Apr precipitation mm = 73.0

|May precipitation mm = 70.8

|Jun precipitation mm = 49.1

|Jul precipitation mm = 47.9

|Aug precipitation mm = 50.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 72.0

|Oct precipitation mm = 105.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 100.2

|Dec precipitation mm = 118.1

|year precipitation mm = 968.4

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 14.5

| Feb precipitation days = 12.0

| Mar precipitation days = 11.8

| Apr precipitation days = 11.7

| May precipitation days = 11.1

| Jun precipitation days = 7.7

| Jul precipitation days = 7.5

| Aug precipitation days = 7.1

| Sep precipitation days = 8.6

| Oct precipitation days = 13.2

| Nov precipitation days = 13.4

| Dec precipitation days = 14.6

| year precipitation days =133.2

|source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web

|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=56178003

|title=Normales et records pour Pontivy (56)

|publisher=Meteociel

|access-date=20 November 2024}}}}

• Communes of the Morbihan department
• Gaston-Auguste Schweitzer Sculptor of Pontivy war memorial

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• [https://ville-pontivy.bzh/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
• {{Search Mérimée|56178}}
• [http://www.maires56.asso.fr Mayors of Morbihan Association] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115212134/https://www.maires56.asso.fr/ |date=15 November 2020 }} {{in lang|fr}}
• [https://www.gar-pondi.bzh/ Pontivy railway station and bus terminal] {{in lang|fr}}

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