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region | Brittany | |
Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
Arrondissement | Dinan | |
Canton | Plancoët | |
Community association | Dinan agglomeration | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 33 ′ N , 2 ° 13 ′ W | |
height | 0-87 m | |
surface | 18.21 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,640 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 90 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 22130 | |
INSEE code | 22049 | |
Website | http://www.crehen.fr/ | |
Town hall of Créhen |
Créhen ( Breton : Krehen ; Gallo : Qerhin ) is a commune with 1,640 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Côtes-d'Armor of the region Brittany in northwest France . Créhen belongs to the arrondissement of Dinan and the canton of Plancoët . The inhabitants are called Créhennais .
geography
Créhen is about 22 kilometers northwest of Dinan . The Arguenon limits the community in the northwest. Créhen is surrounded by the neighboring communities
- Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer in the north,
- Beaussais-sur-Mer with Trégon in the northeast and Ploubalay in the east and northeast,
- Languenan in the southeast,
- Corseul in the south,
- Plancoët in the west and south-west,
- Saint-Lormel in the west,
- Saint-Cast-le-Guildo in the north-west.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Créhen
- Saint-Pierre church, partly from the 11th century
- Castle ruin Le Guildo from the 12th century, abandoned to decay since the 17th century, used as a quarry during the French Revolution , Monument historique since 1951
Population development
year | 1793 | 1846 | 1896 | 1911 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 1,454 | 1,672 | 1,596 | 1,507 | 1,629 | 1.314 | 1,300 | 1,318 | 1,452 | 1,493 | 1,479 | 1,621 | 1,711 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 849-854.
Web links
Commons : Créhen - Collection of images, videos and audio files