Plélauff

Plélauff Pellann
Commune
The chapel of Notre-Dame de la Croix, in Plélauff
Location of Plélauff
Plélauff Location within France Plélauff Location within Brittany
Coordinates: 48°12′26″N 3°12′30″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Rostrenen
Intercommunality	Kreiz-Breizh
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Rohou
Area 1	25.51 km2 (9.85 sq mi)
Highest elevation	273 m (896 ft)
Lowest elevation	123 m (404 ft)
Population  (2023)	716
• Density	28.1/km2 (72.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22181 /22570
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Toponym

Like for other cities like Guiscriff, Plogoff or the surnames Le Hénaff, Heussaff or Gourcuff, the digraph -ff was introduced by Middle Ages' authors to indicate a nasalized vowel.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,191	—
1800	1,101	−1.12%
1806	1,249	+2.12%
1821	1,143	−0.59%
1831	1,362	+1.77%
1836	1,358	−0.06%
1841	1,300	−0.87%
1846	1,440	+2.07%
1851	1,448	+0.11%
1856	1,290	−2.28%
1861	1,275	−0.23%
1866	1,578	+4.36%
1872	1,257	−3.72%
1876	1,286	+0.57%
1881	1,382	+1.45%
1886	1,430	+0.69%
1891	1,490	+0.83%
1896	1,554	+0.84%
1901	1,520	−0.44%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	1,530	+0.13%
1911	1,596	+0.85%
1921	1,623	+0.17%
1926	1,636	+0.16%
1931	1,545	−1.14%
1936	1,406	−1.87%
1946	1,190	−1.65%
1954	1,049	−1.56%
1962	957	−1.14%
1968	842	−2.11%
1975	741	−1.81%
1982	695	−0.91%
1990	679	−0.29%
1999	689	+0.16%
2007	688	−0.02%
2012	687	−0.03%
2017	634	−1.59%
2023	716	+2.05%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

Inhabitants of Plélauff are called plélauffiens in French.

Map

Topographic map

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

External links

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