Plourin-lès-Morlaix

Plourin-lès-Morlaix
Plourin-lès-Morlaix
	Plourin Menhir : Once a milestone on the Roman road.
	Location of Plourin-lès-Morlaix
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Morlaix
Intercommunality	Morlaix
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Guy Pennec
Area 1	40.92 km2 (15.80 sq mi)
Population (2008)	4,538
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29207 /29600
Elevation	8–242 m (26–794 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plourin-lès-Morlaix (Breton: Plourin-Montroulez) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Plourin-lès-Morlaix are called in French Plourinois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,230	—
1800	1,860	−16.6%
1806	2,168	+16.6%
1821	2,720	+25.5%
1831	3,020	+11.0%
1836	3,065	+1.5%
1841	3,070	+0.2%
1846	3,115	+1.5%
1851	3,121	+0.2%
1856	3,013	−3.5%
1861	3,145	+4.4%
1866	3,218	+2.3%
1872	3,109	−3.4%
1876	3,125	+0.5%
1881	2,988	−4.4%
1886	3,007	+0.6%
1891	2,900	−3.6%
1896	2,847	−1.8%
1901	2,718	−4.5%
1906	2,736	+0.7%
1911	2,637	−3.6%
1921	2,420	−8.2%
1926	2,364	−2.3%
1931	2,219	−6.1%
1936	2,192	−1.2%
1946	2,111	−3.7%
1954	2,002	−5.2%
1962	2,008	+0.3%
1968	2,348	+16.9%
1975	3,649	+55.4%
1982	4,311	+18.1%
1990	4,176	−3.1%
1999	4,250	+1.8%
2008	4,808	+13.1%

Sights

The church

The Notre Dame church backs up to the end of 17th century – beginning of 18th. The taxus next to the entrance is supposed to be one thousand years old.