Plougonven

Plougonven (Breton: Plougonven) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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Commune
The church and calvary in Plougonven
Location of Plougonven
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Coordinates: 48°31′18″N 3°42′42″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Plouigneau
Intercommunality	Morlaix Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Yvon Le Cousse
Area ^1	69.32 km^2 (26.76 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,496
• Density	50/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29191 /29640
Elevation	19–307 m (62–1,007 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 Plougonven are known in French as Plougonvenois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 2,225 —     1800 3,356 +50.8% 1806 3,332 −0.7% 1821 3,442 +3.3% 1831 4,193 +21.8% 1836 4,382 +4.5% 1841 4,364 −0.4% 1846 4,558 +4.4% 1851 4,419 −3.0% 1856 4,223 −4.4% 1861 4,190 −0.8% 1866 4,276 +2.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1872 4,323 +1.1% 1876 4,333 +0.2% 1881 3,888 −10.3% 1886 4,079 +4.9% 1891 4,097 +0.4% 1896 4,418 +7.8% 1901 4,054 −8.2% 1906 4,063 +0.2% 1911 4,121 +1.4% 1921 3,994 −3.1% 1926 4,013 +0.5% 1931 3,989 −0.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1936 3,688 −7.5% 1946 3,540 −4.0% 1954 3,285 −7.2% 1962 2,767 −15.8% 1968 2,703 −2.3% 1975 2,782 +2.9% 1982 3,288 +18.2% 1990 3,374 +2.6% 1999 3,051 −9.6% 2008 3,236 +6.1%

International relations

Plougonven is twinned with Inniscarra, County Cork, Ireland .[2]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Parc naturel régional d'Armorique
• Yann Larhantec Sculptor
• Calvary at Plougonven
• Plougonven Parish close

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Inniscarra Twinning Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in English)

External links

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