Ruca

Ruca Ruskad
region	Brittany
Department	Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Pléneuf-Val-André
Community association	Dinan agglomeration
Coordinates	48 ° 34 ′  N , 2 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′  N , 2 ° 20 ′  W
height	22-79 m
surface	12.13 km 2
Residents	609 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	50 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	22550
INSEE code	22268
Notre-Dame-de-Hirel chapel

Ruca ( Ruskad in Breton ) is a French commune with 609 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dinan and the canton of Pléneuf-Val-André . The residents call themselves Rucassiens / Rucassiennes .

geography

Ruca is located about 32 kilometers east-northeast of Saint-Brieuc and 25 kilometers southwest of Saint-Malo in the north of the Côtes-d'Armor department.

history

The place is located on a Roman road, but was first mentioned in the 13th century. From 1793 to 1801 the community belonged to the Lamballe district and the canton of Hénanbihen. It has been part of the Dinan arrondissement since 1801. And from 1801 to 2015 it was a municipality in the canton of Matignon . First mention of Ruca as Ruscha in a document of a wedding in 1232.

Population development

year	1793	1800	1821	1851	1901	1911	1921	1931	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	735	589	793	831	794	713	656	688	625	676	637	582	578	544	504	495	586
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul village church (reconstruction from 1844–1846); the 17th century altarpiece has been a monument historique since 1927
• the Notre-Dame-de-Hirel chapel with a cross next to the chapel (15th / 16th century), monument historique since 1953
• Manor Manoir du Bois-Rouault Renaissance
• Memorial to the Fallen

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , p. 684.

Web links

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

• Location of the municipality
• Brief information about the community
• Photos of the village church and the chapel
• Information about the history and the sights

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description of the sights (French) ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2016 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. 
2. ↑ Brief description
3. ↑ Brief description of the chapel
4. ↑ Commemorative plaque for the fallen