{{short description|Commune in Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France}} {{for|the given name and surname|Paule (name)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Paule |native name = Paoul |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Paule (22) Chapelle de Lansalaün 01.JPG |caption = The chapel of Lansalaün |coordinates = {{coord|48.2369|-3.4436|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |INSEE = 22163 |postal code = 22340 |arrondissement = Guingamp |canton = Rostrenen |mayor = Christel Guillerm<ref>{{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=16 April 2024|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2023&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = Kreiz-Breizh |elevation min m = 108 |elevation max m = 298 |area km2 = 37.56 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Paule''' ({{IPA|fr|pol}}; {{Langx|br|Paoul}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Côtes-d'Armor]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] in northwestern [[France]].

==Population== {{Historical populations |source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-22163#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref> |percentages = pagr |align = left |1968 |962 |1975 |811 |1982 |716 |1990 |627 |1999 |652 |2009 |706 |2014 |724 |2020 |682 }} Inhabitants of Paule are called ''paulois'' in French. {{clear left}}

==Geography==

Paule is located on the northern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black Mountains), {{convert|55|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Quimper]]. Historically, the village belongs to [[Cornouaille]]. Paule is border by [[Le Moustoir]] and [[Maël-Carhaix]] to the north, by [[Glomel]] to the east, by [[Langonnet]] to the south and by [[Plévin]] to the west. From the hamlet of Bellevue, it is possible to enjoy a nice view on the plain toward the north.

==Map==

{{wide image|Paule_opentopomap.png|400px|Topographic map.}}

==Prehistory==

The fortified habitat of Paule, a protohistoric Celtic fortress commonly called the fortress of Paule, dates from the 5th century BC. to the 1st century AD. J.-C., on the territory of the Osismes.

{{wide image|MuséeBretagne - Statue barde.jpg|250px|''[[Buste-socle]]'' of a bard discovered during the excavations of the Paule fortress.}}

==See also== * [[Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Paule}} * [http://paulecommunedebretagne.fr/ Paule web site] * {{Search Mérimée|22163}}

{{Côtes-d'Armor communes}} {{Authority control}}

[[Category:Communes of Côtes-d'Armor]]

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