Plougrescant
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Plougrescant Plougouskant |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Lannion | |
| Canton | Tréguier | |
| Community association | Lannion-Trégor Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 50 ′ N , 3 ° 14 ′ W | |
| height | 0-72 m | |
| surface | 15.54 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,184 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 76 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 22820 | |
| INSEE code | 22218 | |
| Website | http://www.plougrescant.fr/ | |
 Saint-Gonéry church |
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Plougrescant ( Breton Plougouskant ) is a French municipality with 1184 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany .
geography
Plougrescant is part of the Côte de Granit Rose and the northernmost commune of the department of Côtes-d'Armor and Brittany. It lies on a smaller peninsula bounded to the west by the English Channel and east by the estuary of the coastal river Jaudy . The Île d'Er , a small, privately owned island located a few kilometers northeast of the coast, is part of the municipality and is within walking distance at low tide.
Tréguier , capital of the canton of the same name , is around ten kilometers south. The southern neighbor municipality of Plougrescant is Plouguiel . Further to the west, Plougrescant borders on Penvénan and to the east, beyond the Jaudy, lies the municipality of Kerbors .
Population development
Since the beginning of the 20th century the municipality has recorded a continuous decline in population. While there were still 2049 inhabitants in 1896, in 1975 there were still 1557 inhabitants. Since then, the population decline has continued.
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
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| 1735 | 1644 | 1557 | 1556 | 1471 | 1402 | 1349 | 1202 |
Attractions
Architectural monuments
See: List of Monuments historiques in Plougrescant
Chapels
The Chapelle Saint-Gonéry and the Château de Kéralio , whose chapel is listed as a Monument historique , are worth seeing .
- Vaulted ceiling of the Saint-Gonéry church
Along the longitudinal axis of the barrel-shaped ceiling vault
Scene three kings
Detail of the scene Flight into Egypt
Scene Last Supper
Detail of the scene Last Supper
House of the Canyon
La Maison du Gouffre (in German: the Schlund-Haus ) is world-famous , a small residential building that was built directly on the coast between two huge, jagged rocks and gives the impression of being sandwiched between.
Offshore islands
The islands Île de Pors Scaff and Île d'Er , the headland of Le Gouffre with the Pointe du Château and the beaches of Gouermel , Pors-hir and Pors scaff are of interesting landscape .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor . Volume 2. Flohic Editions, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 1284-1286.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Plougrescant on Cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Entry no. PA00089482 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)