Plouézec

Plouézec Ploueg-ar-Mor
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Paimpol
Community association	Guingamp Paimpol Armor Argoat Agglomération
Coordinates	48 ° 45 ′  N , 2 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′  N , 2 ° 59 ′  W
height	0-106 m
surface	27.87 km 2
Residents	3,182 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	114 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22470
INSEE code	22214
New town hall of Plouézec

Plouézec ( Breton Ploueg-ar-Mor ) is a French municipality with 3014 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 is part of the canton of Paimpol . The inhabitants are called Plouézecain (es) .

geography

Plouézec is located on the canal coast that borders the municipality to the north and east. Upstream are the two islands of Petit Mez du Goëlo and Grand Mez du Goëlo . Plouézec is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Plouha and Lanloup in the south-east, Pléhédel in the south, Yvias in the south-west, Kerfot in the west and Paimpol in the north-west.

The former Route nationale 786 runs through the municipality .

Population development

year	1793	1846	1901	1931	1946	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Residents	2,470	4.147	4,687	4,421	3,787	3,643	3,481	3,399	3.124	3,089	3,181	3,306	3,332

Notre-Dame du Gavel church

Lighthouse L'Ost-Pic (also Lost-Pic or l'Hospic ) on the Mez du Goëlo

Craca Mill

Attractions

See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Plouézec

• Saint-Pierre church (also Notre-Dame du Gavel) from 1868
• Paule chapel from the 17th century
• Petit Saint-Loup chapel, built in the early 19th century
• Saint-Riom Chapel (also Saint-Laurent Chapel) from the 14th / 15th centuries century
• Craca Mill, built in 1844, abandoned in 1928, in ruins in 1976, then restored
• L'Ost-Pic lighthouse on the offshore island of Mez du Goëlo

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 799-802.

Web links

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

• Information about Plouézec at the community

Individual evidence

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