Plouaret
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Plouaret Plouared |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Lannion | |
| Canton | Plestin-les-Grèves | |
| Community association | Lannion-Trégor Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 37 ′ N , 3 ° 28 ′ W | |
| height | 84-190 m | |
| surface | 29.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,139 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 71 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 22420 | |
| INSEE code | 22207 | |
| Website | http://plouaret.fr/ | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Plouaret |
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Plouaret (Breton: Plouared ) is a French municipality with 2,139 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Lannion and the canton of Plestin-les-Grèves (until 2015: canton of Plouaret ). The inhabitants are called Plouarétais (es) .
In February 2016, Plouaret was one of 13 municipalities that belonged to level 3 of the Charter Ya d'ar brezhoneg for the promotion of the Breton language.
geography
Plouaret is about ten kilometers south of the Atlantic coast . In the southwest the small river Roscoat borders the municipality. Plouaret is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Ploumilliau in the north and northwest, Ploubezre in the north and northeast, Le Vieux-Marché in the east, Plounévez-Moëdec in the south and southeast, Lanvellec in the west and Plouzélambre in the northwest.
The branch line to Lannion branches off at Plouaret station on the Paris – Brest line , where local trains and individual TGVs stop.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 2,208 | 2,196 | 2.134 | 2,239 | 2,099 | 2,109 | 2,206 | 2,179 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Plouaret
- Menhir
- Burial mounds (tumulus) of candle cistals
- Notre-Dame church from the 16th century, monument historique since 1907
- Sainte-Barbe chapel from the 16th century, monument historique since 1926
- Calvaire
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste fountain from the 18th century, monument historique since 1926
- 17th century house, monument historique
- Guernachanay mansion from the 16th century, Monument historique
- Kerbridou mansion from the 16th century, Monument historique
- 16th century mansion of Kérépol, Monument historique
- Kerverziou mansion from the 15th century
- numerous other mansions
Notre-Dame church
Saint-Jean-Baptiste fountain
Chapel of Sainte-Barbe
17th century house
Guernachanay mansion
Kerbridou mansion
Manor of Kérépol.
Community partnerships
Plouaret has a partnership with the Irish town of Charleville .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 978-981.
