Tressignaux

Tressignaux
Tresigne
Commune
The chapel of Saint-Antoine

Coat of arms
Tressignaux
Location within Brittany region
Tressignaux
Coordinates: 48°37′00″N 2°58′56″W / 48.6167°N 2.9822°W / 48.6167; -2.9822Coordinates: 48°37′00″N 2°58′56″W / 48.6167°N 2.9822°W / 48.6167; -2.9822
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Guingamp
Canton Plouha
Intercommunality Lanvollon Plouha
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Jean-Luc Guégan
Area1 7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 580
  Density 80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 22375 /22290
Elevation 48–106 m (157–348 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tressignaux (Breton: Tresigne, Latin: Trisignala) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region in northwestern France.

The Chapel of Saint-Antoine, located in the village, was built in the thirteenth century and rebuilt in the sixteenth. Each year, a "pardon" is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday in August, attracting visitors to the village.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962425    
1968445+4.7%
1975427−4.0%
1982470+10.1%
1990512+8.9%
1999534+4.3%
2008580+8.6%

Inhabitants of Tressignaux are called tressignaulais in French.

See also

References

  1. Tressignaux French tourist site (French language)


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