Plaintel
| Plaintel | ||
|---|---|---|
.svg)
|
|
|
| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc | |
| Canton | Plaintel (main town) | |
| Community association | Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 25 ′ N , 2 ° 50 ′ W | |
| height | 100-246 m | |
| surface | 26.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,344 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 162 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 22940 | |
| INSEE code | 22171 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-plaintel.fr/ | |
 Menhir by Petit Vauridel |
||
Plaintel ( Breton : Pleneventer in Gallo : Pyentè ) is a French municipality with 4344 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc and is the capital (French: chef-lieu ) of the canton of Plaintel . The inhabitants are called Plaintelais (es) .
geography
Plaintel is about ten kilometers south-southwest of Saint-Brieuc . Plaintel is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Julien in the north, Plédran in the east and northeast, Saint-Carreuc in the east and southeast, Plœuc-L'Hermitage with L'Hermitage-Lorge in the south, Saint-Brandan in the southwest and Plaine-Haute in the Northwest.
The Route Départementale 700 and the Saint-Brieuc – Pontivy railway line run along the town in a north-south direction , both connecting Saint-Brieuc with Loudéac .
history
In 1163 the Ecclesia Sancti Numenteri is mentioned for the place (German: Church of Saint Numenter). From this the Breton plenary table developed.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 2,194 | 2,322 | 2,885 | 3,436 | 3,557 | 3,471 | 3,762 | 4,096 |
Attractions
- Menhir by Petit Vauridel, Neolithic boulder, monument historique since 1963
- Tumulus of Gourlay
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 944-948.
