Plouguin

Plouguin Plougin
Commune
The town hall in Plouguin
Coat of arms
Location of Plouguin
Plouguin Plouguin
Coordinates: 48°31′31″N 4°36′00″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Plabennec
Intercommunality	Plabennec et des Abers
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Roger Talarmain
Area 1	31.02 km2 (11.98 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,204
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29196 /29830
Elevation	0–82 m (0–269 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plouguin (Plougin in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

It lies 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Brest, about 7 km (4.3 mi) from the English Channel in the far west of the Leon peninsula.

Population

Inhabitants of Plouguin are called in French Plouguinois.

Saint Winwaloe

Plouguin is considered to have been (about 460) the birthplace of Saint Winwaloe, and his supposed place of birth, a feudal hillock, is still pointed out.

International relations

Plouguin is twinned with the town of Newport in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

External links

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