Ploufragan

Ploufragan

Ploufragan
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Commune
	The allée couverte of Le Grimolet, in Ploufragan
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 48°29′24″N 2°47′38″W / 48.49°N 2.794°WCoordinates: 48°29′24″N 2°47′38″W / 48.49°N 2.794°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Ploufragan
Intercommunality	Saint-Brieuc Armor
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rémy Moulin
Area 1	27.06 km2 (10.45 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	11,489
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22215 /22440
Elevation	0–181 m (0–594 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Ploufragan lies adjacent to the southwest of Saint-Brieuc, the prefecture and largest city of Côtes-d'Armor.

Population[]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,020	—
1800	1,852	−8.3%
1806	1,969	+6.3%
1821	2,252	+14.4%
1831	2,581	+14.6%
1836	2,467	−4.4%
1841	2,458	−0.4%
1846	2,596	+5.6%
1851	2,493	−4.0%
1856	2,536	+1.7%
1861	2,494	−1.7%
1866	2,604	+4.4%
1872	2,573	−1.2%
1876	2,642	+2.7%
1881	2,785	+5.4%
1886	2,793	+0.3%
1891	2,904	+4.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1896	2,779	−4.3%
1901	2,733	−1.7%
1906	2,716	−0.6%
1911	2,720	+0.1%
1921	2,685	−1.3%
1926	2,785	+3.7%
1931	2,904	+4.3%
1936	3,131	+7.8%
1946	3,259	+4.1%
1954	3,511	+7.7%
1962	4,022	+14.6%
1968	5,109	+27.0%
1975	8,395	+64.3%
1982	10,289	+22.6%
1990	10,583	+2.9%
1999	10,579	−0.0%
2008	10,953	+3.5%

Inhabitants of Ploufragan are called ploufraganais in French.

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.