Plouër-sur-Rance explained

Plouër-sur-Rance
Native Name:Plouhern
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason de la ville de Plouër-sur-Rance (Côtes-d'Armor).svg
Coordinates:48.5286°N -2.0019°W
Insee:22213
Postal Code:22490
Arrondissement:Dinan
Canton:Pleslin-Trigavou
Mayor:Yann Godet[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Dinan Agglomération
Elevation Min M:0
Elevation Max M:99
Area Km2:19.89

Plouër-sur-Rance (in French pronounced as /pluɛʁ syʁ ʁɑ̃s/, literally Plouër on Rance; Breton: Plouhern) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Over twenty years, René-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet was renovating and organizing the archives of Le Château de Plouër (a private property; 48.5226°N -2.0061°W),[2] which he'd inherited from an uncle, and was nearly finished with the endeavor at the time of his death in 2008.[3]

Population

Inhabitants of Plouër-sur-Rance are called plouërais in French.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. http://www.rance-fremur.com/plouer/decouvrir/hist/histoire.html Chateau pictured.
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/business/02madoff.html?_r=1 "Madoff Investor’s Suicide Leaves Questions"