Plouguernével
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
Arrondissement | Guingamp | |
Canton | Rust races | |
Community association | Kreiz-Breizh | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 14 ′ N , 3 ° 15 ′ W | |
height | 132-235 m | |
surface | 41.6 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,709 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 41 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 22110 | |
INSEE code | 22220 |
Plouguernével is a French commune with 1,709 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Guingamp and the canton of Rostrenen . The community belongs to the local authority association Kreiz-Breizh .
geography
Plouguernével is about 47 kilometers southwest of Saint-Brieuc . The Canal de Nantes à Brest runs along the southern border of the municipality . Plouguernével is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Plounévez-Quintin in the north, Sainte-Tréphine in the northeast, Gouarec in the east, Plélauff in the southeast, Mellionnec in the south and southwest, Rostrenen in the west and Kergrist-Moëlou in the northwest. The national route 164 runs through the municipality .
history
In 1675 there was an uprising against the paper tax . The reason was the tax increases in the course of the Franco-Dutch War from 1672. The Révolte du papier timbré or Révolte des Bonnets rouges is still quoted today when the Breton emancipation is the subject.
Population development | ||||||||
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year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 2,653 | 3.133 | 3,342 | 3,585 | 3,255 | 2,222 | 1,856 | 1,752 |
Attractions
- Menhir by Ker Alain
- Saint-Pierre church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 1086-1089.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ INSEE survey 2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.