Plévin

Plévin Plevin
Commune
Looking north towards the Monts d'Arrée from the summit of the Ménez Gliguéric, in Plévin
Location of Plévin
Plévin Plévin
Coordinates: 48°13′38″N 3°30′14″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Rostrenen
Intercommunality	Poher Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Cogen
Area 1	27.36 km2 (10.56 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	754
• Density	28/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22202 /22340
Elevation	90–302 m (295–991 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plévin (French pronunciation: [plevɛ̃]; Breton: Plevin) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Plévin are called plévinois in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,356 —     1800 1,375 +1.4% 1806 1,069 −22.3% 1821 972 −9.1% 1831 1,192 +22.6% 1836 1,193 +0.1% 1841 1,222 +2.4% 1846 1,247 +2.0% 1851 1,312 +5.2% 1856 1,264 −3.7% 1861 1,240 −1.9% 1866 1,250 +0.8% 1872 1,230 −1.6% 1876 1,326 +7.8% 1881 1,295 −2.3% 1886 1,316 +1.6% 1891 1,382 +5.0% 1896 1,446 +4.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,601 +10.7% 1906 1,716 +7.2% 1911 1,732 +0.9% 1921 1,708 −1.4% 1926 1,783 +4.4% 1931 1,652 −7.3% 1936 1,587 −3.9% 1946 1,447 −8.8% 1954 1,231 −14.9% 1962 1,185 −3.7% 1968 1,015 −14.3% 1975 883 −13.0% 1982 774 −12.3% 1990 781 +0.9% 1999 774 −0.9% 2008 789 +1.9% 2019 754 −4.4%

Geography

Plévin is located on the northern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black Mountains), 51 km (32 mi) northeast of Quimper, 53 km (33 mi) north of Lorient and 64 km (40 mi) southwest of Saint-Brieuc. Two of the highsest peaks of the Montagnes Noires, the Minez Gligueric and the Minez Zant Yann, stand in the south of the commune. Historically, the village belongs to Cornouaille. Plévin is border by Tréogan and Motreff to the west, by Carhaix-Plouguer and Le Moustoir to the north, by Paule to the east and by Langonnet to the south.

Map

Topographic map.

History

Reverend Father Julien Maunoir died in Plévin in January 28, 1693.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
• Julian Maunoir, orthographer of the Breton language and "Apostle of Brittany"

External links

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