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
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Location of Plouër-sur-Rance | |
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Coordinates: 48°31′43″N 2°00′07″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
Arrondissement | Dinan |
Canton | Pleslin-Trigavou |
Intercommunality | Dinan Agglomération |
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• Mayor (2020–2026) | Yann Godet[1] |
Area 1 | 19.89 km2 (7.68 sq mi) |
Population | 3,551 |
• Density | 180/km2 (460/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; 48.52255°N 2.00614°W / 48.52255; -2.00614),[3] which he'd inherited from an uncle, and was nearly finished with the endeavor at the time of his death in 2008.[4]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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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.
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