Pleudihen-sur-Rance

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Coordinates: 48°30′42″N 1°57′02″W / 48.51167, -1.95056

Commune of Pleudihen-sur-Rance
Pleudehen
Location
Coordinates	48°30′42″N 1°57′02″W / 48.51167, -1.95056
Administration
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Dinan-Est
Intercommunality	C.C. de Dinan
Mayor	Michel Vaspart (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	0 m–63 m
Land area¹	24.55 km²
Population² (1999)	2,516
- Density	102/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	22197/ 22690
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Pleudihen-sur-Rance (Breton: Pleudehen) is a small Breton town and a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor département, France. It is most famous for the production of apples and Breton champagne (cider).

During the latter half of the 18th century, the town took in a large share of 2,000 Acadians who were deported to France against their will.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Attractions 4 Partnership 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

Located only a couple of miles from the Rance, Pleudihen-sur-Rance is accessible via the D29 that goes to La Vicomté-sur-Rance to the south (4 miles) and Châteauneuf-d'Ille-et-Vilaine (8 miles) to the north.

[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants of Pleudihen-sur-Rance are called Pleudihennais.

As of the census of 1999, the town has a population of 2,516.

[edit] Attractions

The Musée de la Pomme et du Cidre (The Apple and Cider Museum), located in a farmhouse within town, is a prominent attraction, displaying various types of apple trees, production methods, and offers cider tasting.

[edit] Partnership

Pleudihen-sur-Rance maintains a town partnership with the German community of Herschbach in the Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

[edit] External links

• Pleudihen-sur-Rance at the National Geographic Institute, France
• Pleudihen-sur-Rance in the French census of 1999
• The location of Pleudihen-sur-Rance in France
• Cider production in Brittany
• French Ministry of Culture list for Pleudihen-sur-Rance (French)