Côtes-d'Armor department

Cotes-d'Armor
region	Brittany
prefecture	Saint-Brieuc
Sub-prefecture (s)	Dinan Guingamp Lannion
Residents	598,814 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	87 inhabitants per km²
surface	6,878.32 km²
Arrondissements	4th
Community associations	11
Cantons	27
Communities	348
President of the Department Council	Claudy Lebreton ( PS )
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-22
Location of the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany

The Département Côtes d'Armor [ kot.daʁ.mɔʁ ] ( Breton Aodoù an Arvor ) is the French department with the order number 22. It is located in the northwest of the country in the region of Brittany and is named after the Celtic name Armor (“Land by the sea ") named.

geography

Côtes d'Armor borders on the Finistère department to the west, the Morbihan department to the south and the Ille-et-Vilaine department to the east .

The 250 km long coastline of the department consists of cliff sections that alternate with numerous sandy beaches and bays. The Côte de Granit Rose between the Pointe de l'Arcouest and Trébeurden with its bright pink, sometimes bizarre shaped granite rocks is particularly well known . The Bréhat Islands are in front of the Pointe de l'Arcouest . The highest cliffs in Brittany can be found at the Pointe de Plouha .

The region is shaped by the sea, which, with the exception of spring, shows its calm side in many places. This depends on the protection of the mainland from the strong west currents. With a strong tidal range of 5 to 11 meters, depending on the tide, you can find a wide or - sometimes at high tide - no sandy beach. In less exposed sections, the water usually rolls onto the beach with a slight swell.

coat of arms

Description : Divided into blue and ermine by two gussets .

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from part of the province of Brittany. Until 1990, the department was called Côtes-du-Nord (Breton Aodoù to Hanternoz ).

population

Saint-Gonéry

language

In the west of the department, the Breton language is still very present, in the remaining parts of the French or Gallo dominates .

Cities

The most populous municipalities in the Côtes-d'Armor department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Saint-Brieuc	44,372	Saint-Brieuc
Lannion	19,880	Lannion
Lamballe armor	16,578	Saint-Brieuc
Dinan	14,166	Dinan
Plérin	14,062	Saint-Brieuc
Ploufragan	11,546	Saint-Brieuc
Loudéac	9,571	Saint-Brieuc
Trégueux	8,432	Saint-Brieuc
Perros-Guirec	7.139	Lannion
Paimpol	7.172	Saint-Brieuc

Other important places are Guingamp , Plouha and Tréguier .

Attractions

Allée couverte de la Couette

• Allée couverte du Chêne hat
• Allée couverte Coët-Correc
• Allée couverte by Corn-er-Houët
• Allée couverte de la Couette
• Allée couverte du Grand Argantel
• Allée couverte by Grimolet
• Crec'h Quillé
• Champ des Roches
• Le Guildo stones

Administrative division

Communes and arrondissements in the Côtes-d'Armor department

The Département Côtes-d'Armor is divided into 4 arrondissements , 27 cantons and 348 communes :

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Dinan	6th	67	102,890	998.64	103	221
Guingamp	7th	111	125,332	2,287.26	55	222
Lannion	5	57	99,607	896.47	111	223
Saint-Brieuc	15th	113	270.985	2,695.95	101	224
Côtes-d'Armor department	27	348	598.814	6,878.32	87	22nd

See also:

• List of communes in the Côtes-d'Armor department
• List of cantons in the Côtes-d'Armor department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Côtes-d'Armor department

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Île de Bréhat at an altitude of 40 meters Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 9 9 10 12 15th 17th 19th 20th 19th 16 12 10 O 14th Min. Temperature (° C) 5 5 6th 7th 9 12 14th 14th 13 11 8th 6th O 9.2 Temperature (° C) 7th 7th 8th 9.5 12 14.5 16.5 17th 16 13.5 10 8th O 11.6 Precipitation ( mm ) 77 67 54 43 50 39 41 48 60 64 89 79 Σ 711 Rainy days ( d ) 14th 12 12 9 10 7th 7th 8th 10 10 15th 14th Σ 128 Water temperature (° C) 10 9 9 10 11 14th 16 17th 16 15th 13 11 O 12.6 T e m p e r a t u r 9 5 9 5 10 6th 12 7th 15th 9 17th 12 19th 14th 20th 14th 19th 13 16 11 12 8th 10 6th Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec N i e d e r s c h l a g 77 67 54 43 50 39 41 48 60 64 89 79   Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: Jean-Noël Darde: Plages et côtes de France. Éditions Balland, Paris 1991

Days per year with

• Rainfalls over 1 mm: 128
• Frost: 5
• Snow: 5
• Thunderstorm: 7
• Hail: 5

(Status 2011)

Web links

Commons : Département Côtes-d'Armor  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Département Côtes-d'Armor (French)
• Prefecture of the Côtes-d'Armor (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Le président du Conseil général ( Memento of March 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on cotesdarmor.fr, accessed on July 6, 2012

Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′  N , 2 ° 50 ′  W