Plérin

Plérin (French pronunciation: [pleʁɛ̃]; Breton: Plerin; Gallo: Plérein) is a coastal commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. The Marché du Porc Breton, located in Plérin, is where the price of pork is set for retailers across France.^[3]

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Commune
Martin beach, Plérin
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Plérin
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Coordinates: 48°32′07″N 2°46′10″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Plérin
Intercommunality	Saint-Brieuc Armor
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Ronan Kerdraon[1]
Area 1	27.72 km2 (10.70 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	14,704
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22187 /22190
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

Inhabitants of Plérin are called plérinais in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,818 —     1800 3,228 −2.37% 1806 3,609 +1.88% 1821 3,884 +0.49% 1831 4,896 +2.34% 1836 4,875 −0.09% 1841 4,887 +0.05% 1846 4,939 +0.21% 1851 5,661 +2.77% 1856 5,817 +0.55% 1861 5,962 +0.49% 1866 6,178 +0.71% 1872 6,160 −0.05% 1876 5,664 −2.08% 1881 5,809 +0.51% 1886 5,466 −1.21% 1891 5,346 −0.44% 1896 5,086 −0.99%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 5,186 +0.39% 1906 5,304 +0.45% 1911 5,397 +0.35% 1921 4,977 −0.81% 1926 5,206 +0.90% 1931 5,238 +0.12% 1936 5,288 +0.19% 1946 6,370 +1.88% 1954 6,779 +0.78% 1962 7,623 +1.48% 1968 8,780 +2.38% 1975 9,757 +1.52% 1982 10,559 +1.13% 1990 12,108 +1.73% 1999 12,512 +0.37% 2007 13,512 +0.97% 2012 14,224 +1.03% 2017 14,062 −0.23%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
• Élie Le Goff Sculptor of Plérin's war memorial

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Une « table ronde » pour éviter une nouvelle crise dans la filière porcine, Le Monde, August 10, 2015
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Plérin, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)