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Saint-Laurent is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of France, situated within the arrondissement of Guingamp and the canton of Bégard. The area covers 8.96 square kilometers and has an elevation of 155 meters above sea level. It shares borders with Bégard, Brélidy, Kermoroc'h, and Landebaëron. The official name of the locality is Saint-Laurent, Brolan.
The population of the commune is 541, consisting of 254 males and 233 females. The postal code for the area is 22140. Saint-Laurent is located in the Bretagne region of France métropolitaine.
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Place details
- Locality
- Saint-Laurent
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Brittany
- Department
- Côtes-d'Armor
- Arrondissement
- Guingamp
- Canton
- Bégard
- Intercommunality
- Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Annie Le Gall
- Area
- 8.96 km (3.46 sq mi)
- Density
- 60.4/km (156/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 22310 /22140
- Elevation
- 55–155 m (180–509 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
Originally Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni was an arrival point for prisoners. Eventually it became a special prison commune. In 1949, it became a regular commune.
The official tourism office maintains a pretty up-to-date website.
Get around
The town isn't particularly large and you can get everywhere by foot.
See
The Camp de la Transportation on rue Tanon is Saint-Laurent's reason for being. It's where prisoners (including the famous Papillon) arrived for processing. Guided tours only (90 minutes, €9). Most guides speak some English. The tour includes the cells and public execution areas.
There are also other buildings from that age - in the 19th and early 20th century the region was first and foremost a penal colony.
Do
Rent a canoe from Maroni Club on Esplanade Baudin .
Tropic-Cata give boat tours .
The city serves as the point of departure for several ecotourism circuits, most notably journeys upriver to explore the many creeks as well as the Amazonian rainforest.
Hike to Voltaire Falls Though challenging, this 12.5-mile out-and-back trail lets you experience the largest waterfalls in French Guiana.
Go next
Most visitors go either west to Suriname or east, further into French Guiana. Another alternative is to travel upstream by boat. 17 km south you will find another penal colony, Saint-Jean. 50 km upstream there's the village of Apatou and a further 20 km south there are the Voltaire Falls.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Saint-Laurent ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃] ; Breton: Sant-Laorañs) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of the region of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint-Laurent” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.