Allineuc

Allineuc Alineg
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Mûr-de-Bretagne
Community association	Loudéac Community - Bretagne Center
Coordinates	48 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 52 ′  W
height	124-271 m
surface	24.09 km 2
Residents	604 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22460
INSEE code	22001

Allineuc ( Breton : Alineg ) is a French municipality with 604 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany .

etymology

Allineuc, or the Breton Alineg, comes from the expression al linec , which refers to le lin , the French name for flax .

geography

Allineuc is located in an agricultural region on the Ruisseau Le Mézel stream . About 500 inhabitants live in this village, which is a little more than 200 m above sea level. From Saint-Brieuc , the capital of the department, and therefore the sea Allineuc is located about 25 km as the crow flies. It's about 385 km to Paris (again as the crow flies).

The neighboring community to the south is Uzel . To the west, Allineuc borders on Merléac and to the northwest on Le Bodéo . Plœuc-L'Hermitage lies with L'Hermitage-Lorge northeast of Allineuc.

Population development

Since the beginning of the population records, the municipality has recorded a continuous decline in population. While 2713 inhabitants were counted in 1793, there were 1321 at the beginning of the 20th century. The decline in population has continued since the end of the Second World War .

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
892	744	660	608	545	497	511	588

Unemployment in 2006 was only 2.6%. Almost 75% of the population are gainfully employed and the remainder is made up of around 9% retirees and people in training.

Attractions

Sights include the church of St-Pierre-St-Paul and the chapels of Saint-Adrien , La Porte d'Ovain ou Dohen , Sainte-Anne de Langavry and Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours de Kergonan .

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Allineuc

Church of St. Peter and Paul

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 1305-1306.

Web links

Commons : Allineuc  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hervé Abalain, Noms de lieux bretons , Editions Jean-paul Gisserot, 2000
2. ↑ Code officiel geographique
3. ↑ Allineuc on Cassini.ehess.fr
4. ↑ INSEE census 2006 ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.