La Chapelle-Blanche (Côtes-d'Armor)
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La Chapelle-Blanche Ar Chapel-Wenn |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Dinan | |
| Canton | Broons | |
| Community association | Dinan agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 16 ′ N , 2 ° 9 ′ W | |
| height | 52-123 m | |
| surface | 7.92 km 2 | |
| Residents | 206 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 26 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 22350 | |
| INSEE code | 22036 | |
_Mairie.JPG) Mairie La Chapelle-Blanche |
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La Chapelle-Blanche ( Breton Ar Chapel-Wenn ; Gallo La Chapèll-Blaunch ) is a municipality in the Bretagne region , in the Côtes-d'Armor department with 206 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in France .
The residents call themselves chapellois or chapelloises.
geography
La Chapelle-Blanche is located in the southeast of the department on the border with the Ille-et-Vilaine department . Neighboring municipalities are Saint-Jouan-de-l'Isle in the west, Caulnes in the northwest, Guitté in the northeast, Médréac in the east and Quédillac in the south. The municipality is located 22 km south of the city of Dinan . The Rance River flows through the municipality .
history
It is not known exactly when the place was settled. He was first mentioned by name in the 12th century. Until the construction of the Pont de L'Isle towards Saint-Jouan-de-l'Isle, the community was very isolated. In 1577 the settlement became its own parish. The municipality belonged to the Broons district and the Caulnes canton from 1793 to 1801. In 1801 the district was dissolved and the canton of Saint-Jouan-de-l'Isle, to which the municipality belonged, was created in place of the canton of Caulnes. Since December 1881 Caulnes has been the capital of the Caulnes canton again.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 | |||||
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| Residents | 280 | 236 | 181 | 180 | 169 | 165 | 210 | 203 | |||||
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Attractions
- Village church
- Mills along the Rance: several water-powered mills
- four wayside crosses, two made of granite (La Croix Joubeau and La Croix de Pierre), two made of wood (La Ville Sicot and La Daviais)
- 16th century manor house in La Hunadière north of the village
traffic
The place is on the regional roads RD 220 and RD 59. The rail link from Brest to Paris runs through the municipality.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , p. 124.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Base de donnée Cassini: Demographie de la commune de La Chapelle-Blanche , visited on January 10, 2010
- ↑ INSEE: Population development of La Chapelle-Blanche 1968-2006 ( 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. , January 10, 2010
Web links
- Populations légales 2006 Figures on the municipality from 2006 (PDF file; 87 kB)
- Population of La Chapelle-Blanche as of January 1, 2007 (page 11) (PDF file; 91 kB)
- Website of the municipality of La Chapelle-Blanche (French)