Névez

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Névez
Nevez
Commune
The beach at Port-Manec'h
The beach at
Location of Névez
Névez is located in France
Névez
Névez
Coordinates: 47°49′13″N 3°47′28″W / 47.8203°N 3.7911°W / 47.8203; -3.7911Coordinates: 47°49′13″N 3°47′28″W / 47.8203°N 3.7911°W / 47.8203; -3.7911
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonMoëlan-sur-Mer
IntercommunalityConcarneau-Cornouaille
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Dominique Guillou
Area
1
25.37 km2 (9.80 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
2,673
 • Density110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29153 /29920
Elevation0–48 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
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,560—    
1800 1,638+0.70%
1806 1,355−3.11%
1821 1,487+0.62%
1831 1,450−0.25%
1836 1,923+5.81%
1841 1,836−0.92%
1846 2,040+2.13%
1851 2,073+0.32%
1856 2,084+0.11%
1861 2,111+0.26%
1866 2,221+1.02%
1872 2,174−0.36%
1876 2,344+1.90%
1881 2,454+0.92%
1886 2,487+0.27%
1891 2,605+0.93%
1896 2,660+0.42%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 2,818+1.16%
1906 2,922+0.73%
1911 3,203+1.85%
1921 3,039−0.52%
1926 3,140+0.66%
1931 3,220+0.50%
1936 3,214−0.04%
1946 3,046−0.54%
1954 3,160+0.46%
1962 3,127−0.13%
1968 3,111−0.09%
1975 2,895−1.02%
1982 2,700−0.99%
1990 2,574−0.60%
1999 2,466−0.48%
2007 2,641+0.86%
2012 2,717+0.57%
2017 2,661−0.42%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Névez, EHESS. (in French)
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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