Pleyber-Christ

Pleyber-Christ

Pleiber-Krist
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Commune
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	Coordinates: 48°30′20″N 3°52′27″W / 48.5056°N 3.8742°WCoordinates: 48°30′20″N 3°52′27″W / 48.5056°N 3.8742°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Morlaix
Intercommunality	Morlaix Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Thierry Piriou
Area 1	45.47 km2 (17.56 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	3,161
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29163 /29410
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pleyber-Christ (Breton: Pleiber-Krist) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population[]

Inhabitants of Pleyber-Christ are called in French Pleybériens.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,806	—
1800	3,023	+7.7%
1806	2,891	−4.4%
1821	3,017	+4.4%
1831	3,087	+2.3%
1836	3,062	−0.8%
1841	3,133	+2.3%
1846	3,166	+1.1%
1851	3,292	+4.0%
1856	3,430	+4.2%
1861	3,221	−6.1%
1866	3,393	+5.3%

Year	Pop.	±%
1872	3,468	+2.2%
1876	3,454	−0.4%
1881	3,412	−1.2%
1886	3,319	−2.7%
1891	3,351	+1.0%
1896	3,238	−3.4%
1901	3,028	−6.5%
1906	2,968	−2.0%
1911	2,894	−2.5%
1921	2,797	−3.4%
1926	2,613	−6.6%
1931	2,384	−8.8%

Year	Pop.	±%
1936	2,298	−3.6%
1946	2,191	−4.7%
1954	2,093	−4.5%
1962	2,157	+3.1%
1968	2,187	+1.4%
1975	2,525	+15.5%
1982	2,812	+11.4%
1990	2,828	+0.6%
1999	2,790	−1.3%
2008	3,051	+9.4%

Breton language[]

In 2008, 7.05% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[1]

Twinning[]

Pleyber-Christ was twinned with Lostwithiel in Cornwall, UK in 1979. The people in the Twinning Associations of both towns usually meet up every year, alternating between Lostwithiel and Pleyber-Christ.^[2]

References[]

^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ "Lostwithiel's twin town Pleyber Christ, Brittany".

External links[]

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

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[1] "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

[2] "Lostwithiel's twin town Pleyber Christ, Brittany".

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