Lanvallay

Lanvallay Lanvalae
Commune
A view across Lanvallay
Coat of arms
Location of Lanvallay
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Coordinates: 48°27′21″N 2°01′37″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Lanvallay
Intercommunality	Dinan Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Ricard[1]
Area ^1	14.61 km^2 (5.64 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,222
• Density	290/km^2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22118 /22100
Elevation	7–87 m (23–285 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lanvallay (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃valɛ]; Breton: Lanvalae) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. In 1973 it absorbed two former communes: Tressaint and Saint-Solen.^[3]

Population

Inhabitants of Lanvallay are called côtissois in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,274	—
1975	2,901	+3.54%
1982	3,307	+1.89%
1990	3,310	+0.01%
1999	3,068	−0.84%
2007	3,409	+1.33%
2012	3,868	+2.56%
2017	4,187	+1.60%
Source: INSEE[4]

Twinning

There is a twinning arrangement with Walkern, Hertfordshire.^[5] This was initiated around the time of the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0024, 28 January 1973, pp. 1114-1117.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. "Lanvallay newspaper articles". Friends of Lanvallay.

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)