Bourseul

Bourseul ; Boursaout
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Plancoët
Community association	Dinan agglomeration
Coordinates	48 ° 29 ′ N , 2 ° 15 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 29 ′ N , 2 ° 15 ′ W
height	5–121 m
surface	22.23 km 2
Residents	1,141 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	51 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22130
INSEE code	22014
Website	www.bourseul.fr

Bourseul ( Breton Boursaout ) is a French commune with 1,141 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dinan and the Canton of Plancoët . The residents call themselves Bourseulais (es) .

geography

Bourseul is located about 26 kilometers southwest of Saint-Malo and 37 kilometers east of Saint-Brieuc in the northeast of the Côtes-d'Armor department.

Population development

year	1793	1800	1806	1886	1911	1921	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	1,347	1,375	1,271	1,561	1,509	1,219	1,060	1.006	893	951	947	921	1.009	1,123
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

The increasing mechanization of agriculture and the high number of those who died in the First World War led to a drop in the number of inhabitants to the lows of recent times.

Saint-Nicodème church

Architectural monuments

See: List of Monuments historiques in Bourseul

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 843-846.

Web links

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