Rostrenen

Rostrenen

Rostrenenn
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Commune
	The church of Notre-Dame du Roncier in Rostrenen
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 48°14′14″N 3°18′56″W / 48.2372°N 3.3155°WCoordinates: 48°14′14″N 3°18′56″W / 48.2372°N 3.3155°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Rostrenen
Intercommunality	Kreiz-Breizh
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guillaume Robic
Area 1	32.17 km2 (12.42 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	3,059
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22266 /22110
Elevation	152–262 m (499–860 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rostrenen (French pronunciation: [ʁɔstʁənɛ̃]; Breton: Rostrenenn) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department and Brittany region of northwestern France.

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1946	2,534	—
1954	2,267	−10.5%
1962	1,924	−15.1%
1968	2,083	+8.3%
1975	3,875	+86.0%
1982	3,868	−0.2%
1990	3,664	−5.3%
1999	3,616	−1.3%
2006	3,397	−6.1%
2016	3,062	−9.9%

In French the inhabitants of Rostrenen are known as Rostrenois.

Breton language[]

On 13 September 2004 the municipality launched a linguistic plan as part of the Ya d'ar brezhoneg (Yes to Breton) campaign. In 2008, 34.5% of primary children attended bilingual schools.^[2]