Plélauff
Plélauff (Breton: Pellann) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Plélauff
Pellann | |
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 The chapel of Notre-Dame de la Croix, in Plélauff | |
Location of Plélauff 
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  Plélauff  Plélauff | |
| Coordinates: 48°12′26″N 3°12′30″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Guingamp |
| Canton | Rostrenen |
| Intercommunality | Kreiz-Breizh |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Bernard Rohou |
| Area 1 | 25.51 km2 (9.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 634 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22181 /22570 |
| Elevation | 123–273 m (404–896 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Toponym
Like for other cities like Guiscriff, Plogoff or the surnames Le Hénaff, Heussaff or Gourcuff, the digraph -ff was introduced by Middle Ages' authors to indicate a nasalized vowel.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 727 | — |
| 1968 | 842 | +15.8% |
| 1975 | 741 | −12.0% |
| 1982 | 695 | −6.2% |
| 1990 | 679 | −2.3% |
| 1999 | 689 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 693 | +0.6% |
Inhabitants of Plélauff are called plélauffiens in French.
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plélauff. |
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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