Plozévet
Appearance
Plozévet
Plozeved | |
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Town hall | |
Coordinates: 47°59′15″N 4°25′26″W / 47.9875°N 4.4239°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Finistère |
Arrondissement | Quimper |
Canton | Plonéour-Lanvern |
Intercommunality | Haut-Pays Bigouden |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Gilles Kerezeon[1] |
Area 1 | 27.18 km2 (10.49 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,940 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 29215 /29710 |
Elevation | 0–97 m (0–318 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Plozévet (Breton: Plozeved) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Plozévet is twinned with the village of Hartland, Devon, UK.
Population
Inhabitants of Plozévet are called in French Plozévetiens.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 3,541 | — |
1975 | 3,249 | −1.22% |
1982 | 3,102 | −0.66% |
1990 | 2,838 | −1.11% |
1999 | 2,748 | −0.36% |
2007 | 2,921 | +0.77% |
2012 | 2,972 | +0.35% |
2017 | 2,967 | −0.03% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Geography
Plozevet is a seaside town located 24 km (15 mi) west of Quimper. Historically it belongs to Cornouaille and Pays Bigouden.
Map
Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on November 23, 2007.
In 2008, 17.70% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plozévet.
- 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)