Coray
Coray Kore |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Chateaulin | |
Canton | Briec | |
Community association | Haute Cornouaille | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 4 ′ N , 3 ° 50 ′ W | |
height | 75-257 m | |
surface | 31.36 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,896 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 60 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 29370 | |
INSEE code | 29041 | |
![]() Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church |
Coray ( Kore in Breton ) is a French commune in south-west Brittany in the Finistère department with 1,896 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The municipality belongs to the canton of Briec (canton of Châteauneuf-du-Faou until 2015 ).
location
The place is located around 35 kilometers east of the Atlantic coast .
Quimper is 20 kilometers southwest, the city and port of Brest 60 kilometers northwest and Paris around 470 kilometers east (as the crow flies ).
traffic
At Briec , Quimper and Rosporden there are exits on the expressway E 60 Brest- Nantes . Quimper and Rosporden hold regional trains on the railway line Brest-Nantes and the train station of Brest is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris.
The Aéroport de Brest Bretagne regional airport is located near the city of Brest in Guipavas .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
Residents | 1841 | 1787 | 1768 | 1737 | 1623 | 1625 | 1778 | 1896 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Coray
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 228-232.