Archives départementales des Côtes d'Armor

Created in 1796, the Departmental Archives carry out missions defined by the Heritage Code (Book II) and the General Code of Local Authorities. [The history of the Côtes-du-Nord archives](https://archives.cotesdarmor.fr/sites/default/files/2021-06/DOC_QuiSomNs_HistoireAD22_VD.pdf) was written by Régis de Saint-Jouan, former director, in 1982. 

The Côtes-d'Armor Departmental Archives hold more than 21 linear kilometres of manuscript and printed documents, from 1081 to the present day. These collections continue to grow: each year, an average of 300 metres of documents are collected by the Departmental Archives because of their historical interest, then cleaned, packaged, described, classified and preserved to be made available to the public. 

The Archives are a place where the public is welcome. The preserved heritage is shown and communicated. Access to the reading room requires registration, free of charge, on presentation of an official identity document (including a photograph and address: national identity card, passport, driving licence, residence permit). In addition, minors must present a parental authorisation at the time of registration. The reader's card, which is valid for the current year, is then issued. Its use engages the civil and criminal responsibility of its holder, who must report its loss to the staff of the Departmental Archives, if necessary. Before entering the consultation areas, readers are given the key to an individual locker. Only the equipment necessary for taking notes or photographs is allowed in the reading room. Ink pens are not allowed, nor are any objects that could damage the material integrity of the documents. In the reading room, each reader may request three documents per shift, every half hour, up to a limit of ten documents per half day.