Côtes-d'Armor

Côtes-d'Armor
Côtes-d'Armor
	Department
	The departmental council and prefectural building in Saint-Brieuc
; Flag	; Coat of arms
	; Location of Côtes-d'Armor in France
	Coordinates: 48°20′N 02°50′E / 48°20′N 02°50′E / 48.333; 2.833
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Prefecture	Saint-Brieuc
Subprefectures	Dinan; Guingamp; Lannion
Government
• President of the departmental council	Alain Cadec; (LR)
Area
• Total	6,878 km2 (2,656 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	598,357
• Rank	43rd
• Density	87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Department number	22
Arrondissements	4
Cantons	27
Communes	355
	^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Côtes-d'Armor (French pronunciation: [kot daʁmɔʁ]; Breton: Aodoù-an-Arvor), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord, is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France.

History

Côtes-du-Nord was one of the original 83 departments created on 4 March 1790 following the French Revolution. It was made up from the near entirety of the ancient Pays de Saint-Brieuc, most of historical Trégor, the eastern half of Cornouaille, and the north-western part of the former diocese of Saint-Malo.

In 1990 the name was changed to Côtes-d'Armor: the French word côtes means "coasts" and ar mor is "the sea" in Breton. The name also recalls that of the Roman province of Armorica ("the coastal region").

Other Languages

Afrikaans: Côtes-d'Armor

العربية: كوت درمور (إقليم فرنسي)

aragonés: Costas d'Armor

arpetan: Coutes-d’Armor

Bân-lâm-gú: Côtes-d'Armor

беларуская: Кот-д’Армор

беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎: Кот-д’Армор

български: Кот д'Армор

Boarisch: Département Côtes-d’Armor

brezhoneg: Aodoù-an-Arvor

català: Costes del Nord