Poullaouen

Poullaouen (Breton: Poullaouen) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Locmaria-Berrien was merged into Poullaouen.[2]

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Commune
A general view of Poullaouen
Coat of arms
Location of Poullaouen
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Coordinates: 48°20′27″N 3°38′29″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Carhaix-Plouguer
Intercommunality	Poher
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Didier Goubil
Area ^1	88.56 km^2 (34.19 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,500
• Density	17/km^2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29227 /29246
Elevation	69–218 m (226–715 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 Poullaouen are called in French Poullaouenais.

Historical population of Poullaouen

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	3421	3611	3355	3142	3544	3685	3700	3733	3723	3662

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
Population	3720	3380	3158	3176	2966	3172	3220	3232	3353	3468

Year	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
Population	3640	3635	3640	3434	3316	3016	2586	2327	2075	1793

Year	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	1731	1574	1498	1390

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2018 (in French)

External links

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