Canihuel

Canihuel Kanuhel
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Rust races
Community association	Kreiz-Breizh
Coordinates	48 ° 20 ′  N , 3 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ′  N , 3 ° 6 ′  W
height	149-296 m
surface	32.14 km 2
Residents	355 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	11 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22480
INSEE code	22029
Mairie Canihuel

Canihuel ( Breton Kanuhel ) is a French municipality with 355 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the arrondissement of Guingamp and the canton of Rostrenen . In addition, the place is a member of the community association Kreiz-Breizh founded in 1993 . The inhabitants are called Canihuelois (es) .

geography

Canihuel is located about 31 kilometers southwest of Saint-Brieuc in the south of the Côtes-d'Armor department on the Sulon River . The menhirs of Goresto stand northeast of Canihuel.

Population development

year	1793	1806	1821	1851	1856	1866	1872	1911	1921	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	963	1,367	1,341	1,652	1,591	1,900	1,455	1,582	1.311	771	653	558	459	422	409	380	372
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Notre-Dame church

Architectural monuments

• Menhir of Bodquelen in the forest northeast of Canihuel

See: List of Monuments historiques in Canihuel

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 1245-1246.

Web links

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

• Brief information about the community
• Photos of the village church and the chapel