Hillion

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Hillion

|native name = Hilion

|commune status = Commune

|image = Hillion8.jpg

|caption = The Pointe du Grouin, at Hillion

|image flag = Drapeau hillion.svg

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Hillion (CôtesArmor).svg

|coordinates = {{coord|48.5142|-2.6675|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|INSEE = 22081

|postal code = 22120

|arrondissement = Saint-Brieuc

|canton = Trégueux

|mayor = Annie Guennou{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}

|term = 2022–2026

|intercommunality = Saint-Brieuc Armor

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 86

|area km2 = 24.76

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Hillion ({{IPA|fr|iljɔ̃|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Marxav-Hillion.wav}}; {{Langx|br|Helion}}; Gallo: Hilion) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Economy

Mussel farming is an important activity since 10% of French mussels, about 3 000 to 4 000 tons are produced in Hillion{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}. The species are Mytilus galloprovincialis, adapted to the climate, and Mytilus edulis. Each year, the festival "La fete de la moule" (mussels festival) is held in August in the mussels farm.

Population

Inhabitants of Hillion are called hillionnais in French.

{{Historical populations

|align = none

|cols = 2

|percentages = pagr

|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|17148|Hillion}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-22081#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |1773

|1800 |1627

|1806 |1857

|1821 |2430

|1831 |2518

|1836 |2527

|1841 |2700

|1846 |2873

|1851 |2748

|1856 |2708

|1861 |2710

|1866 |2649

|1872 |2553

|1876 |2638

|1881 |2648

|1886 |2666

|1891 |2644

|1896 |2723

|1901 |2589

|1906 |2473

|1911 |2317

|1921 |2029

|1926 |1971

|1931 |1953

|1936 |1950

|1946 |1957

|1954 |2006

|1962 |2122

|1968 |2235

|1975 |2858

|1982 |3232

|1990 |3591

|1999 |3786

|2007 |4031

|2012 |4049

|2017 |4137

}}

See also

References

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