Ploumoguer

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

Ploumoguer Ploñger
Commune
The town hall in Ploumoguer
Coat of arms
Location of Ploumoguer
Ploumoguer Ploumoguer
Coordinates: 48°24′12″N 4°43′19″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Saint-Renan
Intercommunality	Pays d'Iroise
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Didier Pluvinage
Area ^1	38.93 km^2 (15.03 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,063
• Density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29201 /29810
Elevation	0–141 m (0–463 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 Ploumoguer are called in French Ploumoguérois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1881	1,470	—
1901	1,884	+28.2%
1911	1,938	+2.9%
1926	1,853	−4.4%
1936	1,724	−7.0%
1946	1,707	−1.0%
1954	1,648	−3.5%
1962	1,562	−5.2%
1968	1,475	−5.6%
1975	1,361	−7.7%
1982	1,560	+14.6%
1990	1,602	+2.7%
1999	1,646	+2.7%
2008	1,919	+16.6%

Notable people

• Jean Causeur - 1643–1771, butcher who was said to have lived to 131 years of age. Modern scrutiny of his birth records reveal that he was probably born in around 1665, making his age of death around 109 years, still an exceptional age for his time.[2]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. L.-L. B. Petersen and B. Jeune, ISBN 87-7838-466-4 ISSN 0909-119X , Odense, 2003; http://www.demogr.mpg.de/books/odense/6/03.htm

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)