Plestin-les-Grèves

Plestin-les-Grèves (Breton: Plistin) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in north-western France.

Plestin-les-Grèves

Plistin
The chapel of Saint Sébastien
Coat of arms
Location of Plestin-les-Grèves
Plestin-les-Grèves
Plestin-les-Grèves
Coordinates: 48°39′28″N 3°37′47″W
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentCôtes-d'Armor
ArrondissementLannion
CantonPlestin-les-Grèves
IntercommunalityLannion Trégor
Government
  Mayor (20162022) Christian Jeffroy
Area
1
34.52 km2 (13.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,591
  Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
22194 /22310
Elevation0–127 m (0–417 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plestin-les-Grèves is situated on the north coast of Brittany, with a sailing club in Stefflam and Loquirec. There are a few riding schools. Plestin-les-Grèves is twinned with Launceston in Cornwall, United Kingdom

Population

Inhabitants of Plestin-les-Grèves are called in French plestinais.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on March 8, 2006.

In 2008, 29.64% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.[2]

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See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue


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