Corlay

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Corlay
Korle
Corlay coat of arms
Corlay (France)
Corlay
region Brittany
Department Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Saint-Brieuc
Canton Mûr-de-Bretagne
Community association Loudéac Community - Bretagne Center
Coordinates 48 ° 19 ′  N , 3 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′  N , 3 ° 3 ′  W
height 157-257 m
surface 13.80 km 2
Residents 957 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 69 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 22320
INSEE code

Corlay ( Korle in Breton ) is a French commune with 957 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in the canton of Mûr-de-Bretagne .

There are several holiday homes in the commune, 34 kilometers south of Saint-Brieuc and 31 kilometers north of Pontivy . The nearest train station and airport is in Saint-Brieuc. Corlay became the capital of the canton in 1790. The first municipal administration was elected at the beginning of the same year.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 1150 1088 1133 1071 1044 978 1028 957
Sources: Cassini and INSEE
Mairie Corlay
Saint-Sauveur church

Architectural monuments

See: List of Monuments historiques in Corlay

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 207-210.

Web links

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