Plouër-sur-Rance

Plouër-sur-Rance (French pronunciation: [pluɛʁ syʁ ʁɑ̃s], literally Plouër on Rance; Breton: Plouhern) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Plouër-sur-Rance Plouhern
Commune
Port Plaisance
Coat of arms
Location of Plouër-sur-Rance
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Coordinates: 48°31′43″N 2°00′07″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Pleslin-Trigavou
Intercommunality	Dinan Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yann Godet[1]
Area 1	19.89 km2 (7.68 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,423
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22213 /22490
Elevation	0–99 m (0–325 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Over twenty years, René-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet was renovating and organizing the archives of Le Château de Plouër (a private property; 48.52255°N 2.00614°W / 48.52255; -2.00614),^[3] which he'd inherited from an uncle, and was nearly finished with the endeavor at the time of his death in 2008.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,198	—
1968	2,229	+1.4%
1975	2,113	−5.2%
1982	2,354	+11.4%
1990	2,438	+3.6%
1999	2,733	+12.1%
2008	3,328	+21.8%

Inhabitants of Plouër-sur-Rance are called plouërais in French.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department