Langrolay-sur-Rance

Langrolay-sur-Rance Langorlae
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Pleslin-Trigavou
Community association	Dinan agglomeration
Coordinates	48 ° 33 ′  N , 2 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ′  N , 2 ° 0 ′  W
height	4–87 m
surface	5.28 km 2
Residents	925 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	175 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22490
INSEE code	22103
Website	http://www.langrolay-sur-rance.com/
Saint Laurent village church

Langrolay-sur-Rance ( Langorlae in Breton ) is a French commune with 925 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dinan and the Canton of Pleslin-Trigavou . The residents call themselves Langrolaisiens / Langrolaisiennes .

geography

Langrolay-sur-Rance is located at the dammed mouth of the Rance , about nine kilometers south of Saint-Malo in the north-east of the Côtes-d'Armor department.

history

Founded as a hermitage by a Gourlae, it grew into a place in the following centuries. The parish belonged to the Dinan district from 1793 to 1801. It has been part of the Dinan arrondissement since 1801. And from 1793 to 1973 and from 1983 to 2015 it was a municipality in the Canton of Ploubalay . Until 1970 it was called Langrolay. From 1973 to 1983 Langrolay-sur-Rance was incorporated in Plouër-sur-Rance .

Population development

year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1841	1846	1872	1896	1911	1954	1962	1968	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	544	454	605	622	864	794	849	646	671	462	484	464	584	679	831	841
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Castle Château de Beauchêne / Beauchesne , built from 1698 to 1701 ( monument historique )
• Saint-Laurent village church from 1706, with cross
• two crosses in La Ville-Daniou (16th and 17th centuries)
• the Boissière cross in the hamlet of Ville-Chevalier
• a windmill near the Rance and a watermill in Les Rochettes
• la Voute , a small bridge with a portal from 1659
• la grève de Morlet , bank of the Rance

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 1009-1011.

Web links

Commons : Langrolay-sur-Rance  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Location of the municipality
• Brief information about the community
• Langrolay-sur-Rance on the IGN website
• Photos of the Saint-Laurent village church
• Information about the history and the sights

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description of the sights (French) ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.