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Dinan
Sign in to saveDinan (; ) is a walled Breton town and a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in northwestern France. On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Léhon was merged into Dinan.
Dinan is a walled town in the Brittany region of northwestern France, known for its preserved medieval fortifications. It gained additional territory on January 1, 2018, when the neighboring commune of Léhon merged into it.
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Dinan
- French commune.commune status
- Subprefecture and commune
- French commune.image
- Dinan on the banks of the Rance.jpg
- French commune.image flag
- Flag of Dinan.svg
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason_ville_fr_Dinan_(Côtes-d'Armor).svg
- French commune.INSEE
- 22050
- French commune.postal code
- 22100
- French commune.arrondissement
- Dinan
- French commune.canton
- Dinan
- French commune.mayor
- Didier Lechien
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Dinan Agglomération
- French commune.elevation min m
- 7
- French commune.elevation max m
- 92
- French commune.area km2
- 8.71
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Dinan
- Population
- 14764
- Area
- 8.7
- Elevation
- 76
- Official website
- www.dinan.fr
- Image
- Dinan Panorama.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dinan
- Commons gallery
- Dinan
- postal code
- 22100
- social media followers
- 1360
- P8168
- Pediciidae
- inception
- 2018-01-01
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Travel guide
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Dinan is a medieval town in the department of Côtes-d'Armor, popular with tourists because of its picturesque timber houses, ramparts and stone walls.
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Dinan (; ) is a walled Breton town and a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in northwestern France. On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Léhon was merged into Dinan.
==Geography== alt=View of the Port of Dinan from the Promenade of Duchesse Anne at the Jardin Anglais (English Garden)|thumb|left|View of the Port of Dinan and the Rance river from the Promenade of Duchesse Anne at the Jardin Anglais (English Garden) Instead of nestling on the valley floor like Morlaix, most urban development has been on the hillside overlooking the river Rance. The area alongside the river is known as the "port of Dinan", and is connected to the town by steep streets: Rue Jerzual and its continuation outside the city walls, the Rue Petit Fort. The Rance has moderate turbidity and its brownish water is somewhat low in velocity due to the very low gradient of the watercourse; pH levels have been measured at a slightly basic 8.13 within the city, and electrical conductivity of the waters has tested at 33 micro-siemens per centimetre. In the centre of Dinan, the Rance's summer flows are typically low, in the range of .
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