Plouër-sur-Rance (French pronunciation: [pluɛʁ syʁ ʁɑ̃s], literally Plouër on Rance; Breton: Plouhern) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Plouër-sur-Rance
Plouhern | |
|---|---|
 Port Plaisance | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Plouër-sur-Rance  | |
  Plouër-sur-Rance  Plouër-sur-Rance | |
| Coordinates: 48°31′43″N 2°00′07″W / 48.5286°N 2.0019°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Dinan |
| Canton | Pleslin-Trigavou |
| Intercommunality | Dinan Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Yann Godet[1] |
Area 1 | 19.89 km2 (7.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,469 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22213 /22490 |
| Elevation | 0–99 m (0–325 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Over twenty years, René-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet was renovating and organizing the archives of Le Château de Plouër (a private property; 48°31′21″N 2°00′22″W / 48.52255°N 2.00614°W),[3] which he'd inherited from an uncle, and was nearly finished with the endeavor at the time of his death in 2008.[4]
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 2,198 | — |
| 1968 | 2,229 | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 2,113 | −5.2% |
| 1982 | 2,354 | +11.4% |
| 1990 | 2,438 | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 2,733 | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 3,328 | +21.8% |
Inhabitants of Plouër-sur-Rance are called plouërais in French.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Chateau pictured.
- ^ "Madoff Investor’s Suicide Leaves Questions" by Alex Berenson and Matthew Saltmarsh, The New York Times, 2009-01-02, p. B1 NY edition.
External links
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- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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