Lamballe
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Lamballe (; ; Gallo: Lanball) is a town and a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Lamballe-Armor.
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Lamballe is a delegated commune in France, situated in the Côtes-d'Armor department within the arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc. It serves as the capital of the canton of Lamballe-Armor and is part of the broader Lamballe-Armor administrative entity. The area covers 76.29 square kilometers and borders the communes of Andel, Coëtmieux, Hénansal, and Landéhen. Its postal code is 22400, and it is located in the Europe/Paris timezone.
The population of Lamballe is recorded as 13,919, with an elevation above sea level of 131 meters. The commune was dissolved on December 31, 2015, and replaces the former entity of Saint-Aaron. It is twinned with Oliveira do Bairro. Lamballe is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and has an official website maintained by its municipal administration.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lamballe-Armor
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 12,344
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Lamballe
- French commune.native name
- Lambal
- French commune.image
- Lamballe - place du marché - 003.jpg
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason de la ville de Lamballe (Côtes-d'Armor).svg
- French commune.INSEE
- 22093
- French commune.postal code
- 22400
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saint-Brieuc
- French commune.canton
- Lamballe-Armor
- French commune.commune
- Lamballe-Armor
- French commune.elevation min m
- 37
- French commune.elevation max m
- 131
- French commune.area km2
- 90.21
- French commune.population
- 12742
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Lamballe
- Country
- France
- Population
- 12579
- Area
- 76.29
- Elevation
- 74
- Shares border with
- Landéhen
- Official website
- www.mairie-lamballe.fr
- Image
- Lamballe - Place du marché - 001.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lamballe (commune déléguée)
- twinned administrative body
- Oliveira do Bairro
- postal code
- 22400
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of Lamballe-Armor
- P8168
- Ally
- native label
- Lamballe
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Martin Agricola
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- Sights
- Economy
- International relations
- See also
- References
- External links
Lamballe (; ; Gallo: Lanball) is a town and a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Lamballe-Armor.
It lies on the river Gouessant east-southeast of Saint-Brieuc by rail. Lamballe station is served by high speed trains to Brest, Rennes and Paris, and regional trains to Brest, Saint-Brieuc, Dol-de-Bretagne and Rennes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lamballe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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