Ploubalay

Ploubalay (Breton: Plouvalae) is a small town and former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Beaussais-sur-Mer.[2]

Ploubalay Plouvalae
Part of Beaussais-sur-Mer
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Ploubalay
Ploubalay Ploubalay
Coordinates: 48°34′51″N 2°08′20″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Dinan
Canton	Pleslin-Trigavou
Commune	Beaussais-sur-Mer
Area ^1	35.45 km^2 (13.69 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	3,202
• Density	90/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	22650
Elevation	2–77 m (6.6–252.6 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The little town is near the sea but, unusually for this stretch of coast, it has no beach of its own.

For road users, Ploubalay deserves the epithet carrefour des plages/"crossroads of the beaches". It is crossed by the D2 departmental road connecting Dinan with the coast and by the D786 linking Plancoët with Dinard.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1968	2,150	—
1975	2,217	+3.1%
1982	2,292	+3.4%
1990	2,334	+1.8%
1999	2,385	+2.2%
2008	2,606	+9.3%

Inhabitants of Ploubalay are called ploubalaysiens in French.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 30 August 2016 (in French)

External links

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