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| Coat of arms of the Côtes-d'Armor department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 22 |
| Region: | Bretagne |
| Prefecture: | Saint-Brieuc |
| Subprefectures: | Dinan Guingamp Lannion |
| Arrondissements: | 4 |
| Cantons: | 52 |
| Communes: | 373 |
| President of the General Council: | Claudy Lebreton PS |
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| Population | Ranked 43rd |
| -1999 | 542,373 |
| Population density: | 79/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6878 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
Côtes-d'Armor (Breton: Aodoù-an-Arvor) is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France.
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History
Côtes-du-Nord was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Brittany. Its name was changed in 1990 to Côtes-d'Armor (ar mor meaning the sea in Breton). The name also has a historical connotation recalling the Roman province of Armorica.
Geography
Côtes-d'Armor 22 is part of the current administrative region of Bretagne and is surrounded by the departments of Finistère, Morbihan, and Ille-et-Vilaine, with the English Channel on the north.
Demographics
The inhabitants of the department are called Costarmoricains.
Culture
The western part of the département is part of the traditionally Breton-speaking "Lower Brittany" (Breizh-Isel in Breton). The boundary runs from Plouha to Mûr-de-Bretagne. The Breton language has become an intense issue in many parts of Brittany, and many Breton-speakers advocate for bilingual schools. Gallo is also spoken in the east and is offered as a language in the schools and on the baccalaureat exams.
See also
- Cantons of the Côtes-d'Armor department
- Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
- Arrondissements of the Côtes-d'Armor department
External links
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- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General Council website
- (English) Cotes-d'Armor at the Open Directory Project
- (English) Official Tourist office
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