Lamballe
Lambal | |
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Part of Lamballe-Armor | |
Coordinates: 48°28′10″N 2°31′00″W / 48.4694°N 2.5167°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
Canton | Lamballe-Armor |
Commune | Lamballe-Armor |
Area 1 | 90.21 km2 (34.83 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | 12,498 |
• Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 22400 |
Elevation | 37–131 m (121–430 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Lamballe (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃bal]; Breton: Lambal; Gallo: Lanball) is a town and a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Lamballe-Armor.[2]
It lies on the river Gouessant 13 miles (21 km) east-southeast of Saint-Brieuc by rail. Lamballe station is served by high speed trains to Brest, Rennes and Paris, and regional trains to Brest, Saint-Brieuc, Dol-de-Bretagne and Rennes.