Plouasne
Commune in Brittany, France
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Plouasne (French pronunciation: [pluan]; Breton: Plouan) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Plouasne
Plouan | |
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An aerial view of Plouasne | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Plouasne | |
  Plouasne Location within France  Plouasne Location within Brittany | |
| Coordinates: 48°18′07″N 2°00′21″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Dinan |
| Canton | Lanvallay |
| Intercommunality | Dinan Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Daugan[1] |
Area 1 | 33.61 km2 (12.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,798 |
| • Density | 53.50/km2 (138.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22208 /22830 |
| Elevation | 17–181 m (56–594 ft) |
| Website | https://www.plouasne.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The inhabitants of Plouasne are known in French as plouasnais.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,726 | — |
| 1975 | 1,653 | −0.62% |
| 1982 | 1,553 | −0.89% |
| 1990 | 1,440 | −0.94% |
| 1999 | 1,358 | −0.65% |
| 2007 | 1,487 | +1.14% |
| 2012 | 1,616 | +1.68% |
| 2017 | 1,714 | +1.18% |
| 2023 | 1,798 | +0.80% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Education
There is a public primary school, and a private school named École Privée Saint-Joseph.[4]
The community has Collège La Gautrais, a junior high school.[5] Circa 2014 the school banned usage of mobile phones, which was before Emmanuel Macron, in 2018, proposed a national such ban.[6]
