Paule

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Paule
Paoul
Paule (France)
Paule
region Brittany
Department Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Guingamp
Canton Rust races
Community association Kreiz-Breizh
Coordinates 48 ° 14 ′  N , 3 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′  N , 3 ° 27 ′  W
height 108-298 m
surface 37.56 km 2
Residents 707 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 19 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 22340
INSEE code 22163
Website www.paulecommunedebretagne.fr

Chapel of Lansalaün

Paule ( Breton : Paoul ) is a French commune with 707 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany . It belongs to the arrondissement of Guingamp , to the canton of Rostrenen (until 2015: canton of Maël-Carhaix ) and is a member of the local authority association Kreiz-Breizh . The inhabitants are called Paulois (es) .

geography

Paule is located about 40 kilometers northeast of Quimper and about 58 kilometers southwest of Saint-Brieuc in the southwest of the Côtes-d'Armor department. Paule is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Le Moustoir in the north and north-west, Maël-Carhaix in the north and north-east, Glomel in the east, La Trinité-Langonnet in the south and Plévin in the west.

Route nationale 164 runs through the north of the municipality . The Canal de Nantes à Brest also runs there .

history

In the period between the fifth and first century BC, a fortified Osismier settlement can be found here (district Paule-Saint-Symphorien ).

Population development

year 1793 1806 1846 1861 1866 1876 1881 1911 1921 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,664 1,219 1,720 1,483 1,650 1,639 1,454 1.927 1,888 1,094 962 811 716 627 652 722 724
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Paule

  • Archaeological site of Paule-Saint-Symphorien
  • Tumuli of Kergroas and Castellaouenan, monument historique since 1968
  • Lansalaün chapel from the 16th century, monument historique since 1920
  • "Tunnel" of Kervoaguel, old aqueduct, monument historique since 2005
  • Keranguevel mansion
  • Wall castle of Brécilien
  • Kerloguennic mansion from the 19th century

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 658-660.
  • Yves Menez, Jean-Charles Arramond: L'habitat aristocratique fortifié de Paule (Côtes-d'Armor) In: Gallia . 54: 119-155 (1997)

Web links

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