Saint-Michel-en-Grève (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ miʃɛl ɑ̃ ɡʁɛv]; Breton: Lokmikael-an-Traezh) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Saint-Michel-en-Grève
Lokmikael-an-Traezh | |
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 A view of the village from the beach | |
Location of Saint-Michel-en-Grève  | |
  Saint-Michel-en-Grève  Saint-Michel-en-Grève | |
| Coordinates: 48°41′02″N 3°33′45″W / 48.6839°N 3.5625°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Lannion |
| Canton | Plestin-les-Grèves |
| Intercommunality | Lannion-Trégor Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | François Ponchon[1] |
Area 1 | 4.69 km2 (1.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 448 |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22319 /22300 |
| Elevation | 0–107 m (0–351 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
In 2009 huge quantities of sea lettuce seaweed (Ulva lactuca) washed up on the beach at Saint Michel. Poisonous gases resulting from its decomposition caused the death of a horse[3] and may have been a factor in the earlier death of a cleanup crew truck driver.[4]
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The bay at Saint-Michel-en-Grève -
Sunset over the Lieue-de-Grève
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 363 | — |
| 1968 | 372 | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 382 | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 398 | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 376 | −5.5% |
| 1999 | 405 | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 483 | +19.3% |
| 2013 | 461 | −4.6% |
| 2016 | 453 | −1.7% |
Inhabitants of Saint-Michel-en-Grève are called michelois 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.
- ^ "Algues vertes : après la mort d'un cheval en 2009, la responsabilité de l'Etat reconnue". Le Monde (in French). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Seaweed suspected in French death". BBC News. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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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