Saint-Michel-en-Grève

Saint-Michel-en-Grève (Breton: Lokmikael-an-Traezh) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Saint-Michel-en-Grève

Lokmikael-an-Traezh
Commune
A view of the village from the beach
Location of Saint-Michel-en-Grève
Saint-Michel-en-Grève
Saint-Michel-en-Grève
Coordinates: 48°41′02″N 3°33′45″W
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentCôtes-d'Armor
ArrondissementLannion
CantonPlestin-les-Grèves
IntercommunalityLannion Trégor
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) François Ponchon
Area
1
4.69 km2 (1.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
456
 • Density97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
22319 /22300
Elevation0–107 m (0–351 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

In 2009 huge quantities of sea lettuce seaweed (Ulva lactuca) washed up on the beach at Saint Michel. Poisonous gases resulting from its decomposition caused the death of a horse[2] and may have been a factor in the earlier death of a cleanup crew truck driver.[3]

  • The bay at Saint-Michel-en-Grève
  • Sunset over the Lieue-de-Grève

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962363—    
1968372+2.5%
1975382+2.7%
1982398+4.2%
1990376−5.5%
1999405+7.7%
2008483+19.3%
2013461−4.6%
2016453−1.7%

Inhabitants of Saint-Michel-en-Grève are called michelois in French.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Algues vertes : après la mort d'un cheval en 2009, la responsabilité de l'Etat reconnue". Le Monde (in French). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. "Seaweed suspected in French death". BBC news. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017.



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