Coatascorn

Coatascorn (French pronunciation: [kwataskɔʁn] (listen); Breton: Koadaskorn) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Coatascorn
Koadaskorn
The church of Saint-Maudez
Location of Coatascorn
Coatascorn
Coatascorn
Coordinates: 48°40′29″N 3°14′57″W
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentCôtes-d'Armor
ArrondissementLannion
CantonBégard
IntercommunalityLannion-Trégor Communauté
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Éric Le Creurer
Area
1
8.05 km2 (3.11 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
263
  Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
22041 /22140
Elevation28–101 m (92–331 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Toponymy

The name Coatascorn is typically Breton, "koad" meaning "wood" and "ascorn" meaning "bone".

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962231    
1968281+21.6%
1975244−13.2%
1982211−13.5%
1990209−0.9%
1999226+8.1%
2008253+11.9%

Inhabitants of Coatascorn are called Coatascornais in French.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 7 July 2006.

See also

References


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