Névez

Névez Nevez
Commune
The beach at Port-Manec'h
Location of Névez
Névez Névez
Coordinates: 47°49′13″N 3°47′28″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Moëlan-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	Concarneau-Cornouaille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Guillou
Area 1	25.37 km2 (9.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,700
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29153 /29920
Elevation	0–48 m (0–157 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Nevez means "new" in Breton. The name is thought to have arisen when Trégunc was split in two, creating a new parish.

Population

Inhabitants of Névez are called in French Névéziens.

Historical population of Névez

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	1560	1638	1355	1487	1450	1923	1836	2040	2073	2084

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
Population	2111	2221	2174	2344	2454	2487	2605	2660	2818	2922

Year	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
Population	3203	3039	3140	3220	3214	3046	3160	3127	3111	2895

Year	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	2700	2574	2486	2679

Notable people

• Marie Pommepuy (b. 1978), illustrator and half of the joint pen name Kerascoët, grew up in Névez

Gallery

• 
  Château du Hénan
• 
  Tide mill of Hénan
• 
  Raguénez island

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Entry on sculptor of Névez war memorial Jean Joncourt

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)