Plestin-les-Grèves

Plestin-les-Grèves (French pronunciation: [plɛstɛ̃ le ɡʁɛv]; Breton: Plistin) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in north-western France.

Plestin-les-Grèves Plistin
Commune
The chapel of Saint Sébastien
Coat of arms
Location of Plestin-les-Grèves
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Coordinates: 48°39′28″N 3°37′47″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Lannion
Canton	Plestin-les-Grèves
Intercommunality	Lannion-Trégor Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Jeffroy[1]
Area 1	34.52 km2 (13.33 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,635
• Density	105.3/km2 (272.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22194 /22310
Elevation	0–127 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.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,912	—
1975	3,018	+0.51%
1982	3,222	+0.94%
1990	3,237	+0.06%
1999	3,415	+0.60%
2007	3,701	+1.01%
2012	3,660	−0.22%
2017	3,591	−0.38%
Source: INSEE[2]

Breton language

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

In 2008, 29.64% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.^[3]

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
• Jeanne Bohec
• Colonel Bob Stewart