Pordic

Pordic (French pronunciation: [pɔʁdik]; Breton: Porzhig; Gallo: Pordic) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016 the former commune of Tréméloir merged into Pordic.^[3]

Pordic Porzhig
Commune
Port-Jéhan beach and the Pointe de Pordic
Location of Pordic
Pordic Show map of France Pordic Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 48°34′16″N 2°48′59″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Plérin
Intercommunality	Saint-Brieuc Armor
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Batard[1]
Area 1	33.63 km2 (12.98 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	7,393
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22251 /22590
Elevation	0–143 m (0–469 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

People from Pordic are called pordicais in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,295	—
1975	3,685	+1.61%
1982	4,674	+3.45%
1990	5,059	+0.99%
1999	5,619	+1.17%
2007	6,339	+1.52%
2012	6,823	+1.48%
2017	7,167	+0.99%
Source: Population in geography as of January 2020, INSEE[4]

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 19 September 2008.

International relations

Pordic is twinned with:

• Hayle in the UK county of Cornwall.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department