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Moncontour is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of France, situated within the arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc. It serves as the capital of the canton of Moncontour and is associated with the electoral district of the canton of Plaintel. The town shares borders with Hénon, Plémy, and Trédaniel. Its postal code is 22510, and it is located in the Bretagne region.
The commune has an area of 0.48 and an elevation above sea level of 182. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 1,187 residents (394 male and 473 female) and another citing 892. Moncontour is a member of The Most Beautiful Villages of France. It is also described as a Cité Connectée and Petite Cité de Caractère.
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Place details
- Locality
- Moncontour
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 892
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Brittany
- Department
- Côtes-d'Armor
- Arrondissement
- Saint-Brieuc
- Canton
- Plaintel
- Intercommunality
- CA Lamballe Terre et Mer
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Anne-Gaud Millorit
- Area
- 0.48 km (0.19 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,500/km (4,000/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 22153 /22510
- Elevation
- 98–182 m (322–597 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Moncontour de Bretagne - Moncontour de Bretagne
Moncontour de Bretagne, Cité Connectée, Petite Cité de Caractère
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Moncontour
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc
- Population
- 738
- Area
- 0.48
- Elevation
- 146
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Moncontour
- Shares border with
- Trédaniel
- Official website
- moncontour.bzh
- Image
- Moncontour Platz Museum.jpg
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- Commons category
- Moncontour (Côtes-d'Armor)
- postal code
- 22510
- different from
- Moncontour
- associated electoral district
- canton of Plaintel
- male population
- 394
- female population
- 473
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-96-73-41-05
- fax number
- +33-2-96-73-51-73
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Encyclopedic overview
Moncontour ( French pronunciation: [mɔ̃kɔ̃tuʁ]; Breton: Monkontour) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. The 18th-century French economist Joachim Faiguet de Villeneuve (1703–1781) was born in Moncontour. It is one of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moncontour” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.