Country France Department Maine-et-Loire Intercommunality Angers Loire Métropole Area 19.55 km² Arrondissement Angers | Region Pays de la Loire Canton Les Ponts-de-Cé Population (1999) 12,038 Local time Thursday 12:47 AM | |
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Les Ponts-de-Cé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
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Les Ponts-de-Cé is in the suburbs of Angers.
History
In September 1432, during the Hundred Years' War, the routiers of Rodrigo de Villandrando, in the pay of Georges 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 by Marie de Médicis. Her troops were defeated by her son, the French King Louis 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 :
All these names contain the Celtic root sea, which has the same meaning as in English.
Indeed, 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".