Ploufragan

Ploufragan (French pronunciation: [plufʁaɡɑ̃]; Breton: Ploufragan) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

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Commune
The allée couverte of Le Grimolet, in Ploufragan
Coat of arms
Location of Ploufragan
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Coordinates: 48°29′24″N 2°47′38″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Ploufragan
Intercommunality	Saint-Brieuc Armor
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rémy Moulin[1]
Area 1	27.06 km2 (10.45 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	11,347
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22215 /22440
Elevation	0–181 m (0–594 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ploufragan lies adjacent to the southwest of Saint-Brieuc, the prefecture and largest city of Côtes-d'Armor.

Population

Inhabitants of Ploufragan are called ploufraganais in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,020 —     1800 1,852 −1.23% 1806 1,969 +1.03% 1821 2,252 +0.90% 1831 2,581 +1.37% 1836 2,467 −0.90% 1841 2,458 −0.07% 1846 2,596 +1.10% 1851 2,493 −0.81% 1856 2,536 +0.34% 1861 2,494 −0.33% 1866 2,604 +0.87% 1872 2,573 −0.20% 1876 2,642 +0.66% 1881 2,785 +1.06% 1886 2,793 +0.06% 1891 2,904 +0.78% 1896 2,779 −0.88%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,733 −0.33% 1906 2,716 −0.12% 1911 2,720 +0.03% 1921 2,685 −0.13% 1926 2,785 +0.73% 1931 2,904 +0.84% 1936 3,131 +1.52% 1946 3,259 +0.40% 1954 3,511 +0.94% 1962 4,022 +1.71% 1968 5,109 +4.07% 1975 8,395 +7.35% 1982 10,289 +2.95% 1990 10,583 +0.35% 1999 10,579 −0.00% 2007 10,832 +0.30% 2012 11,346 +0.93% 2017 11,546 +0.35%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department