Glomel

Glomel Groñvel
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Rust races
Community association	Kreiz-Breizh
Coordinates	48 ° 13 ′  N , 3 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′  N , 3 ° 24 ′  W
height	134-307 m
surface	79.93 km 2
Residents	1,380 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22110
INSEE code	22061
Website	http://www.ville-glomel.fr/
Town Hall (Mairie) of Glomel

Glomel ( Breton : Groñvel ) is a French municipality with 1,380 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Guingamp and the canton of Rostrenen . The municipality belongs to the communal association Communauté de communes du Kreiz-Breizh . The inhabitants are called Glomelois .

geography

Glomel is about 57 kilometers southwest of Saint-Brieuc . The Canal de Nantes à Brest runs through the municipality . Glomel is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Maël-Carhaix in the north, Kergrist-Moëlou in the northeast, Rostrenen in the east, Mellionec in the southeast, Plouray in the south, Lagonnet in the west and southwest and Paule in the west. Route nationale 164 runs through the northern part of the municipality .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	2,466	2.132	1,756	1,534	1,457	1,460	1,402	1,427
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Glomel

• Menhir of Glomel with a height of 8.5 meters
• Tumulus von Goachauter, Monument historique since 1970
• Saint Germain church from the 15th century
• Trégornan Church, built in the early 16th century
• Saint-Michel chapel, built in the second half of the 16th century
• Saint-Conogan Chapel, built in the early 17th century
• Sainte-Christine Chapel from the 17th century
• Coatcouraval Castle, built in the 15th century
• Ker-Saint-Éloy castle from the 13th century, alterations from the 18th century

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  Menhir of Glomel

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  Saint Germain Church

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  Trégornan Church

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  Saint-Michel chapel

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  Saint-Conogan Chapel

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  Chapel of Sainte-Christine

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  Coatcouraval Castle

Community partnerships

Partnerships exist with the Spanish town of Tazones in the municipality of Villaviciosa in Asturias and the Irish municipality of Camp in the county of Kerry.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 1077-1082.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ INSEE survey 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.