Plélo

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Plélo
Pleuloc'h
Plélo coat of arms
Plélo (France)
Plélo
region Brittany
Department Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Guingamp
Canton Plélo (main town)
Community association Leff Armor Community
Coordinates 48 ° 33 ′  N , 2 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ′  N , 2 ° 57 ′  W
height 44-175 m
surface 43.38 km 2
Residents 3,289 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 76 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 22170
INSEE code
Website http://www.plelo.fr/

Church of St. Peter and Paul

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Plélo ( Breton : Pleuloc'h ; Gallo : Pléloc ) is a French municipality with 3289 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Guingamp and the canton of Plélo . The inhabitants are called plélotins .

geography

The river Leff limits the municipality to the west. Plélo is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Tressignaux and Tréguidel in the north, Lantic in the northeast, Trégomeur and Tréméloir in the east, Trémuson in the southeast, Plerneuf and Plouvara in the south, Plouagat and Châtelaudren in the west and southwest and Bringolo in the west. The National Route 12 runs through the municipality . Part of the Saint Brieuc – Armor airport is in the municipality.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2016
2155 2084 2033 2177 2359 2631 3103 3332

Attractions

  • Chapel of Sainte-Anne
  • Chapel of the Johanniter, former chapel of the Knights Templar, largely destroyed in 1953
  • Goëlo Castle, Monument historique since 1990

Parish partnership

There is a partnership with the German municipality of Lenggries in Bavaria .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 151-153.

Web links

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