Le Vieux-Marché
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Le Vieux-Marché Ar C'houerc'had |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Lannion | |
| Canton | Plestin-les-Grèves | |
| Community association | Lannion-Trégor Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 36 ′ N , 3 ° 27 ′ W | |
| height | 27-192 m | |
| surface | 23.13 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,314 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 57 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 22420 | |
| INSEE code | 22387 | |
| Website | http://www.commune-levieuxmarche.com/ | |
Le Vieux-Marché ( Breton : Ar C'houerc'had ) is a French commune with 1,314 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Lannion , the canton of Plestin-les-Grèves and is a member of the Lannion-Trégor Communauté community association founded in 2015 . The residents call themselves Vieux Marchois (es) .
geography
Le Vieux-Marché is around 14 km (as the crow flies) south of the small town of Lannion in northern Brittany.
history
The municipality was created in 1866 from parts of the previous municipality of Plouaret .
Population development
| year | 1866 | 1886 | 1906 | 1926 | 1931 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 2,420 | 2,589 | 2.137 | 2,065 | 1,727 | 1,528 | 1,469 | 1,421 | 1,289 | 1,187 | 1.108 | 1,117 | 1.306 |
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The increasing mechanization of agriculture has led to a drop in the number of inhabitants to the lows of recent times.
Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in Le Vieux-Marché
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 997-999.
