Plévenon

Plévenon
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Pléneuf-Val-André
Community association	Dinan agglomeration
Coordinates	48 ° 39 ′  N , 2 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 39 ′  N , 2 ° 20 ′  W
height	0-81 m
surface	13.73 km 2
Residents	781 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	57 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22240
INSEE code	22201
Website	http://www.plevenon.fr/
View of the Fort la Latte

Plévenon ( Breton Plevenon ) is a French commune with 781 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany .

geography

Plévenon is located between the two large cities of Saint-Brieuc and Saint-Malo on the Cap Fréhel headland . The cliffs that protrude up to 70 meters from the sea are well known. There are many tourists here who visit the lighthouse of Cap Fréhel, the light of which can be seen as far as Plévenon. Fort la Latte is located five kilometers northwest of the town center in the municipality .

history

At the beginning of 1973 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality of Pléherel under the common name of Fréhel . At the beginning of October 2004 the community Plévenon was split off again, the "remaining community" Fréhel kept its name. The famous Cap Fréhel is now in the municipality of Plévenon.

Population development
year	1946	1954	1962	1968	2007	2016
Residents	906	838	843	765	685	799

Saint-Pierre church

Saint-Pierre church in Plévenon

The neo-Gothic church was consecrated in 1886. It stands on the site of the earlier church from the 12th-14th centuries. Century. This was too dilapidated and made room for the new building made of sandstone and granite, which is oriented to the west, towards the open sea. And not, as is usual in Christian tradition, to the east.

The parish is made up of many families of seafarers. A large shell from the area serves as a holy water font right after the entrance. And the model of a three-masted ship hangs from the ceiling of the nave.

Architectural monuments

See: List of Monuments historiques in Plévenon

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 668-672 (under Fréhel).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ INSEE survey 2007  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Information board for the community of Plévenon on the outside wall of the church. Read and translated on August 25, 2018.

Web links

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