Bourg-Blanc

Bourg-Blanc (Breton: Ar Vourc'h-Wenn) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Bourg-Blanc Ar Vourc'h-Wenn
Commune
A general view of Bourg-Blanc
Coat of arms
Location of Bourg-Blanc
Bourg-Blanc Bourg-Blanc
Coordinates: 48°30′01″N 4°30′13″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Plabennec
Intercommunality	Plabennec et des Abers
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernard Gibergues
Area ^1	28.31 km^2 (10.93 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,568
• Density	130/km^2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29015 /29860
Elevation	25–98 m (82–322 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Bourg-Blanc are called Blanc-Bourgeois in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,444	—
1800	1,561	+8.1%
1806	1,617	+3.6%
1821	1,746	+8.0%
1831	1,729	−1.0%
1836	1,768	+2.3%
1841	1,831	+3.6%
1846	1,841	+0.5%
1851	1,920	+4.3%
1856	1,867	−2.8%
1861	1,848	−1.0%
1866	1,824	−1.3%
1872	1,761	−3.5%
1876	1,808	+2.7%
1881	1,826	+1.0%
1886	1,767	−3.2%
1891	1,708	−3.3%
1896	1,666	−2.5%
1901	1,684	+1.1%
1906	1,712	+1.7%
1911	1,762	+2.9%
1921	1,610	−8.6%
1926	1,593	−1.1%
1931	1,626	+2.1%
1936	1,651	+1.5%
1946	1,699	+2.9%
1954	1,675	−1.4%
1962	1,682	+0.4%
1968	1,784	+6.1%
1975	2,290	+28.4%
1982	2,659	+16.1%
1990	2,971	+11.7%
1999	3,077	+3.6%
2008	3,268	+6.2%

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• List of the works of the Maître de Thégonnec

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)