Plérin
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc | |
| Canton | Plérin (main town) | |
| Community association | Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 32 ′ N , 2 ° 46 ′ W | |
| height | 0-143 m | |
| surface | 27.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 14,062 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 507 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 22190 | |
| INSEE code | 22187 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-plerin.fr/ | |
 Road bridge crosses the Gouët river |
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Plérin is a commune with 14,062 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc and the canton of Plérin , of which it is the chief town (chief lieu). The residents call themselves Plérinais .
geography
The municipality is located just north of Saint-Brieuc and borders the English Channel in the east in the Gulf of Saint-Malo . Neighboring municipalities are Pordic in the north, Saint-Brieuc in the south, Ploufragan in the southwest and Trémuson in the west.
The municipal capital is around four kilometers inland, the actual coastal town is called Saint-Laurent de la Mer . A little further north is the seaside resort of Les Rosaires on the Plage des Rosaires beach of the same name . The coastal river Gouët runs along the southern municipal boundary and flows into the sea with a small estuary . Here is the place Le Légué with its marina .
Transport links
The municipal area is crossed in a north-south direction by the departmental road D786, which follows the coastline to Saint-Brieuc. Coming from the west, the motorway-like N12 national road reaches the coast, swings to the south and crosses the valley of the Gouët river with a viaduct. Saint-Brieuc-Armor Airport is located in the far west, just across the municipal boundary .
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 8,780 | 9,757 | 10,559 | 12,108 | 12,512 | 13,402 | 13,824 |
Attractions
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Plérin
With the Viaduc de Souzain there was a railway and road bridge over the Gouët, registered as a monument historique , which was built at the beginning of the 20th century, but was blown up and demolished in 1995.
Town twinning
- Wronki in Poland
- Herzogenrath in Germany
- Cookstown in the UK
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 903-907.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Viaduc de Souzain in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)