Ploubazlanec
Ploubazlanec Plaeraneg |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
Arrondissement | Guingamp | |
Canton | Paimpol | |
Community association | Guingamp Paimpol Armor Argoat Agglomération | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 48 ′ N , 3 ° 2 ′ W | |
height | 0-72 m | |
surface | 15.04 km 2 | |
Residents | 3,014 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 200 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 22620 | |
INSEE code | 22210 | |
Website | www.ploubazlanec.fr | |
![]() Church of Sainte-Anne |
Ploubazlanec ( Breton Plaeraneg ) 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 Ploubazlanecains .
geography
Ploubazlanec is located on the Channel coast with about 19 kilometers of coastline on a peninsula. Here the Trieux flows into the English Channel . Ploubazlanec is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Île-de-Bréhat in the north in the canal, to which there is also a ship connection from the district of L'Arcouest, Paimpol in the south and Lézardrieux in the west.
The Île Saint-Riom in the east also belongs to the municipality .
The former Route nationale 786 runs through the municipality .
history
Ploubazlanec is first mentioned as a parish in 1224.
year | 1793 | 1846 | 1901 | 1931 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
Residents | 1,903 | 3,357 | 3,522 | 3,578 | 3,618 | 3,724 | 3,500 | 3,358 | 3,653 | 3,725 | 3,321 | 3,261 | 3,194 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Ploubazlanec
- Allée couverte by Mélus
- Sainte-Anne Church (built 1906-1908)
- Veuves stone cross on the Île Saint-Riom
- historic village of Launay
- Chapel of Perros-Hamon, in the 17th / 18th centuries Built in the 16th century, monument historique since 1925
- Kerroc'h Tower
- Stone avenue of Mélus, monument historique since 1951
Parish partnership
Ploubazlanec has been related to the Alsatian municipality of Bischoffsheim in the Bas-Rhin department since 1992 .
Personalities
- Charles Seignobos (1854–1942), historian, died here
- Eugène Schueller (1881–1957), founder of L'Oréal, died here
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 793-799.
Individual evidence
- ↑ before 1962 according to Cassini ( archive ), from 1962 according to INSEE ( memento of the original dated November 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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