Belle-Isle-en-Terre

Belle-Isle-en-Terre

Benac'h
Belle-Isle-en-Terre Benac'h
Commune
	Chateau
	Coat of arms
	show Location of Belle-Isle-en-Terre
	Belle-Isle-en-Terre Show map of FranceShow map of BrittanyShow all
	Coordinates: 48°32′44″N 3°23′36″W / 48.5455°N 3.3933°WCoordinates: 48°32′44″N 3°23′36″W / 48.5455°N 3.3933°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Callac
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Le Marrec
Area 1	14.11 km2 (5.45 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,029
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22005 /22810
Elevation	77–266 m (253–873 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Belle-Isle-en-Terre (French pronunciation: [bɛl il ɑ̃ tɛʁ]; Breton: Benac'h) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. Belle isle - in modern French - Belle île meaning "beautiful island" and en Terre significate "on the ground".

Population[]

Inhabitants of Belle-Isle-en-Terre are called Bellilois in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	741	—
1800	812	+9.6%
1806	816	+0.5%
1821	905	+10.9%
1831	1,079	+19.2%
1836	1,378	+27.7%
1841	1,740	+26.3%
1846	1,851	+6.4%
1851	1,600	−13.6%
1856	1,602	+0.1%
1861	1,272	−20.6%
1866	2,051	+61.2%
1872	1,876	−8.5%
1876	1,920	+2.3%
1881	1,997	+4.0%
1886	1,945	−2.6%
1891	1,929	−0.8%

Year	Pop.	±%
1896	1,944	+0.8%
1901	1,896	−2.5%
1906	1,862	−1.8%
1911	1,748	−6.1%
1921	1,612	−7.8%
1926	1,659	+2.9%
1931	1,619	−2.4%
1936	1,508	−6.9%
1946	1,501	−0.5%
1954	1,284	−14.5%
1962	1,231	−4.1%
1968	1,142	−7.2%
1975	1,185	+3.8%
1982	1,204	+1.6%
1990	1,067	−11.4%
1999	1,099	+3.0%
2008	1,057	−3.8%

Breton language[]

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on November 26, 2007.

In 2008, 28.46% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.^[3]

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue Archived 2008-11-14 at the Wayback Machine