Saint-Michel-en-Grève
Saint-Michel-en-Grève
Lokmikael-an-Traezh | |
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 A view of the village from the beach | |
Location of Saint-Michel-en-Grève  | |
  Saint-Michel-en-Grève  Saint-Michel-en-Grève | |
| Coordinates: 48°41′02″N 3°33′45″W / 48.6839°N 3.5625°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Lannion |
| Canton | Plestin-les-Grèves |
| Intercommunality | Lannion-Trégor Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | François Ponchon[1] |
| Area 1 | 4.69 km2 (1.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 448 |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22319 /22300 |
| Elevation | 0–107 m (0–351 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Michel-en-Grève (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ miʃɛl ɑ̃ ɡʁɛv]; Breton: Lokmikael-an-Traezh) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
In 2009 huge quantities of sea lettuce seaweed (Ulva lactuca) washed up on the beach at Saint Michel. Poisonous gases resulting from its decomposition caused the death of a horse[3] and may have been a factor in the earlier death of a cleanup crew truck driver.[4]
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The bay at Saint-Michel-en-Grève -
Sunset over the Lieue-de-Grève
Population[edit]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 363 | — |
| 1968 | 372 | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 382 | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 398 | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 376 | −5.5% |
| 1999 | 405 | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 483 | +19.3% |
| 2013 | 461 | −4.6% |
| 2016 | 453 | −1.7% |
Inhabitants of Saint-Michel-en-Grève are called michelois in French.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Algues vertes : après la mort d'un cheval en 2009, la responsabilité de l'Etat reconnue". Le Monde (in French). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Seaweed suspected in French death". BBC News. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Michel-en-Grève.
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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