Créhen

Créhen (French pronunciation: [kʁeɛ̃]; Breton: Krehen; Gallo: Qerhen) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Créhen Krehen
Commune
Chateau of Le Guildo
Coat of arms
Location of Créhen
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Coordinates: 48°32′47″N 2°12′43″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Plancoët
Intercommunality	Dinan Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Christine Cotin[1]
Area 1	18.21 km2 (7.03 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,664
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22049 /22130
Elevation	0–87 m (0–285 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The Arguenon river flows through the commune.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,286	—
1968	1,300	+1.1%
1975	1,318	+1.4%
1982	1,452	+10.2%
1990	1,493	+2.8%
1999	1,479	−0.9%
2008	1,660	+12.2%

The inhabitants of Créhen are known in French as créhennais.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department