La Roche-Maurice

La Roche-Maurice
Ar Roc'h-Morvan

La-Roche-Maurice behind the railway line

Coat of arms
La Roche-Maurice

Coordinates: 48°28′25″N 4°12′12″W / 48.4736°N 4.2033°W / 48.4736; -4.2033Coordinates: 48°28′25″N 4°12′12″W / 48.4736°N 4.2033°W / 48.4736; -4.2033
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Brest
Canton Ploudiry
Intercommunality Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Laurence Fortin
Area1 12.04 km2 (4.65 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 1,892
  Density 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 29237 / 29800
Elevation 5–163 m (16–535 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

La Roche-Maurice (Breton: Ar Roc'h-Morvan) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of La Roche-Maurice are called in French Rochois.

International relations

La Roche Maurice's twin town is Bishopsteignton, a village between Newton Abbot and Teignmouth in Devon, England.

See also

References

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