Plestin-les-Grèves

Commune in Brittany, France

Plestin-les-Grèves Plistin
Commune
The chapel of Saint Sébastien
Coat of arms
Location of Plestin-les-Grèves
(2020–2026)		Christian Jeffroy^[1]
Area ¹	34.52 km² (13.33 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,635
• Density	110/km² (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22194 /22310
Elevation	0–127 m (0–417 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plestin-les-Grèves (French pronunciation: [plɛstɛ̃ le ɡʁɛv]; Breton: Plistin) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in north-western France.

Plestin-les-Grèves is situated on the north coast of Brittany, with a sailing club in Stefflam and Loquirec. There are a few riding schools. Plestin-les-Grèves is twinned with Launceston in Cornwall, United Kingdom

Population

Inhabitants of Plestin-les-Grèves are called in French plestinais.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,912	—
1975	3,018	+0.51%
1982	3,222	+0.94%
1990	3,237	+0.06%
1999	3,415	+0.60%
2007	3,701	+1.01%
2012	3,660	−0.22%
2017	3,591	−0.38%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 8 March 2006.

In 2008, 29.64% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue