Plouasne (French pronunciation: [pluan]; Breton: Plouan) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Plouasne
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 An aerial view of Plouasne | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Plouasne  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°18′07″N 2°00′21″W / 48.3019°N 2.0058°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Dinan |
| Canton | Lanvallay |
| Intercommunality | Dinan Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Daugan[1] |
Area 1 | 33.61 km2 (12.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,729 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22208 /22830 |
| Elevation | 17–181 m (56–594 ft) |
| Website | https://www.plouasne.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The inhabitants of Plouasne are known in French as plouasnais.
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 1,811 | — |
| 1968 | 1,726 | −4.7% |
| 1975 | 1,653 | −4.2% |
| 1982 | 1,553 | −6.0% |
| 1990 | 1,440 | −7.3% |
| 1999 | 1,358 | −5.7% |
| 2008 | 1,511 | +11.3% |
Education
editThere is a public primary school, and a private school named École Privée Saint-Joseph.[3]
The community has Collège La Gautrais, a junior high school.[4] Circa 2014 the school banned usage of mobile phones, which was before Emmanuel Macron, in 2018, proposed a national such ban.[5]
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.
- ^ "Les écoles" (in French). Plouasne. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Home". Collège La Gautrais. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Chrisafis, Angelique (22 June 2018). "'We don't really need phones': the French school that banned mobiles". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plouasne.
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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