Les Ponts-de-Cé

Les Ponts-de-Cé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
Les Ponts-de-Cé is a suburb of Angers.

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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.
On 7 August 1620, the Battle of Ponts-de-Cé definitively 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".
The anarchists in the city were targeted during the repression of January and February 1894.

Names

In the past, Les Ponts-de-Cé had known many different names, which are :

Castro-Seio
Pon Sigei
In Saiaco
Saiacus
Seium
Pons Sagei
Pons Sagii
Pons Saeii
Le Pont de Sae
Les Ponts de See

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".