Plougras

Plougras ; Plougraz
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Lannion
Canton	Plestin-les-Grèves
Community association	Lannion-Trégor Communauté
Coordinates	48 ° 31 ′ N , 3 ° 34 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 31 ′ N , 3 ° 34 ′ W
height	164-314 m
surface	26.48 km 2
Residents	413 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22780
INSEE code	22217
	; Saint-Pierre village church

Plougras ( Breton : Plougraz ) is a French commune with 413 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Lannion , the canton of Plestin-les-Grèves and is a member of the Lannion-Trégor Communauté community association founded in 2015 . The residents call themselves Plougrasien / Plougrasiennes .

geography

Plougras is located around 26 km (as the crow flies) south-southwest of the small town of Lannion in northern Brittany on the border with the Finistère department .

Population development

year	1793	1800	1846	1856	1866	1872	1926	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	1,030	673	1,216	1,167	1,510	1,402	1,200	725	670	592	530	498	495	465	427
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

The increasing mechanization of agriculture led to a decrease in the number of inhabitants to the lowest levels in the present.

Architectural monuments

See: List of Monuments historiques in Plougras

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 981-983.

Web links

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