Pléhédel

Pléhédel Plehedel
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Paimpol
Community association	Guingamp Paimpol Armor Argoat Agglomération
Coordinates	48 ° 42 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  W
height	22-107 m
surface	12.36 km 2
Residents	1,313 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	106 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22290
INSEE code	22178
Website	http://www.plehedel.fr/
Saint-Michel chapel

Pléhédel ( Breton : Plehedel ) is a French municipality with 1313 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany . The inhabitants are called Pléhédelais .

etymology

The place name Pléhédel (formerly also Plohedel ) is made up of the Breton word ploe ( Eng . "Parish") and the name Hédel . Saint Hédel was a Breton saint for whom no further facts are known.

geography

Pléhédel is surrounded by the municipalities of Paimpol and Plouézec in the north, Lanloup and Plouha in the east, Pommerit-le-Vicomte and Lanvollon in the south and Pontrieux in the west. The north of France's Atlantic coast is about 7 km from the center of the municipality.

history

Pléhédel was first mentioned in a deed of donation from the 13th century. Archaeological finds indicate settlement as early as the Iron Age . For a long time the community was owned by the noble Boisgelin family, who settled here in the 12th century. Until 1933, a member of the family ran the community as mayor.

Until 1836 Lanleff belonged to the municipality of Pléhédel.

In the 19th century there was a quarry in which pink sandstone was mined, such as was used in the construction of the Saint-Pierre church. Flax was also grown and processed.

Population development

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1872	1881	1891	1901	1911
1,147	1,062	1,394	1,554	1,725	1,636	1,760	1,706	1,563	1,693	1,668	1,609	1,600
1921	1931	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008	2012
1,416	1,322	1320	1,304	1,288	1,134	1,185	1,200	1,085	1,122	1,253	1,309	1,286

Architectural monuments

See: List of Monuments Historiques in Pléhédel

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 1072-1076.

Web links

Commons : Pléhédel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Attractions
• some information about sights
• Location of the commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department
• List of cultural assets of Pléhédel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population statistics Commune de Pléhédel (22178) , accessed on April 23, 2015 (French)
2. ^ Location of the municipality in the Côtes-d'Armor department
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Etymologie et Histoire de Pléhédel. Retrieved August 24, 2015 (French). 
4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. 
5. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. 
6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. 
7. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 5, 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.