Pleyben

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Pleyben
Pleiben
Commune
Parish close
Parish close
Coat of arms of Pleyben
Coat of arms
Location of Pleyben
Pleyben is located in France
Pleyben
Pleyben
Coordinates: 48°13′36″N 3°58′05″W / 48.2267°N 3.9681°W / 48.2267; -3.9681Coordinates: 48°13′36″N 3°58′05″W / 48.2267°N 3.9681°W / 48.2267; -3.9681
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementChâteaulin
CantonBriec
IntercommunalityPleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Amélie Caro
Area
1
76.04 km2 (29.36 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
3,656
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29162 /29190
Elevation14–176 m (46–577 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pleyben (French pronunciation: ​[plɛbɛ̃]; Breton: Pleiben) is a commune in the Châteaulin arrondissement of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The calvary in the churchyard dates from 1555.

Population[]

Inhabitants of Pleyben are called in French Pleybennois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 3,676—    
1800 4,014+1.26%
1806 4,019+0.02%
1821 4,040+0.03%
1831 4,508+1.10%
1836 4,635+0.56%
1841 4,672+0.16%
1846 5,010+1.41%
1851 4,901−0.44%
1856 4,897−0.02%
1861 5,164+1.07%
1866 5,289+0.48%
1872 4,908−1.24%
1876 5,227+1.59%
1881 5,327+0.38%
1886 5,324−0.01%
1891 5,683+1.31%
1896 5,617−0.23%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 5,579−0.14%
1906 5,643+0.23%
1911 5,541−0.36%
1921 4,955−1.11%
1926 5,012+0.23%
1931 4,579−1.79%
1936 4,562−0.07%
1946 4,575+0.03%
1954 3,998−1.67%
1962 3,840−0.50%
1968 3,713−0.56%
1975 3,477−0.93%
1982 3,491+0.06%
1990 3,446−0.16%
1999 3,397−0.16%
2007 3,630+0.83%
2012 3,684+0.30%
2017 3,627−0.31%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

See also[]

References[]

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

  • Saint-Germain Church,
    Left side of porch

  • Saint-Germain Church,
    Right side of porch

  • Saint-Germain Church,
    Nave and choir

  • Saint-Germain Church,
    Stained-glass windows of the choir

  • Saint-Germain Church,
    Retable of the Rosary

  • Saint-Germain Church,
    The great organs

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