Rosporden

Rosporden Rosporden
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Rosporden
Rosporden Rosporden
Coordinates: 47°57′41″N 3°50′01″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Concarneau
Intercommunality	Concarneau-Cornouaille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Loussouarn
Area 1	57.37 km2 (22.15 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	7,609
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29241 /29140
Elevation	25–171 m (82–561 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Church of Our Lady of Rosporden

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

The small city specializes in the manufacture of "chouchen", a version of mead native to Brittany, and is known as the Capital of Chouchen.

Population

Inhabitants of Rosporden are called in French Rospordinois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 749 —     1800 765 +2.1% 1806 768 +0.4% 1821 867 +12.9% 1831 927 +6.9% 1836 1,006 +8.5% 1841 1,033 +2.7% 1846 1,048 +1.5% 1851 1,186 +13.2% 1856 1,229 +3.6% 1861 1,242 +1.1% 1866 1,284 +3.4% 1872 1,213 −5.5% 1876 1,325 +9.2% 1881 1,539 +16.2% 1886 1,742 +13.2% 1891 1,847 +6.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 2,069 +12.0% 1901 2,197 +6.2% 1906 2,360 +7.4% 1911 2,450 +3.8% 1921 2,386 −2.6% 1926 2,438 +2.2% 1931 2,464 +1.1% 1936 2,594 +5.3% 1946 2,887 +11.3% 1954 2,876 −0.4% 1962 3,416 +18.8% 1968 3,378 −1.1% 1975 7,082 +109.7% 1982 6,735 −4.9% 1990 6,485 −3.7% 1999 6,442 −0.7% 2008 7,026 +9.1%

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

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)