Tonquédec

Tonquédec Tonkedeg
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
Tonquédec Tonquédec
Coordinates: 48°40′12″N 3°23′38″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Lannion
Canton	Bégard
Intercommunality	Lannion-Trégor Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Philippe
Area 1	18.01 km2 (6.95 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22340 /22140
Elevation	10–106 m (33–348 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tonquédec (French pronunciation: ​[tɔ̃kedɛk]; Breton: Tonkedeg) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	804	—
1968	958	+19.2%
1975	865	−9.7%
1982	1,045	+20.8%
1990	1,061	+1.5%
1999	1,063	+0.2%
2008	1,064	+0.1%

Inhabitants of Tonquédec are called tonquédois in French.

Breton language

Most of the inhabitants speaking Breton, the municipality launched a Breton linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on May 23, 2006.

See also

• Château de Tonquédec
• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

Sister City

Corofin, County Clare (Ireland)

External links

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