Laurenan
Laurenan Lanreunan |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc | |
Canton | Broons | |
Community association | Loudéac Community - Bretagne Center | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 12 ′ N , 2 ° 32 ′ W | |
height | 120-295 m | |
surface | 30.90 km 2 | |
Residents | 736 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 24 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 22230 | |
INSEE code | 22122 | |
Website | http://www.laurenan.fr/ | |
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Laurenan ( Breton : Lanreunan ) is a French commune with 736 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc and the canton of Broons . The residents call themselves Laurenanais (es) .
geography
Laurenan is located about 65 kilometers west of Rennes in the south of the Côtes-d'Armor department.
Population development
year | 1793 | 1800 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1911 | 1921 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 950 | 999 | 974 | 1,150 | 1,146 | 1,720 | 1,601 | 1,092 | 976 | 869 | 822 | 791 | 733 | 718 | 725 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
The increasing mechanization of agriculture and the high number of those who died in the First World War led to a drop in the number of inhabitants to the lows of recent times.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 703-706.
Web links
Commons : Laurenan - Collection of images, videos and audio files