Plouguerneau

Plouguerneau

Plougerne
Plouguerneau Plougerne
Commune
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	Coordinates: 48°36′28″N 4°30′15″W / 48.6078°N 4.5042°WCoordinates: 48°36′28″N 4°30′15″W / 48.6078°N 4.5042°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Lesneven
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yannig Robin
Area 1	43.33 km2 (16.73 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	6,623
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29195 /29880
Elevation	0–79 m (0–259 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plouguerneau (French pronunciation: [pluɡɛʁno]; Breton: Plougerne) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

International relations[]

The commune is twinned with a number of villages in South East Cornwall, England, including:

St Germans, UK
Tideford, UK

Population[]

Inhabitants of Plouguerneau are called in French Plouguernéens.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	3,367	—
1800	3,725	+10.6%
1806	5,168	+38.7%
1821	5,518	+6.8%
1831	5,546	+0.5%
1836	5,550	+0.1%
1841	5,311	−4.3%
1846	5,902	+11.1%
1851	6,246	+5.8%
1856	5,922	−5.2%
1861	5,868	−0.9%
1866	6,033	+2.8%

Year	Pop.	±%
1872	5,778	−4.2%
1876	5,951	+3.0%
1881	5,852	−1.7%
1886	5,832	−0.3%
1891	5,724	−1.9%
1896	5,603	−2.1%
1901	5,631	+0.5%
1906	5,824	+3.4%
1911	5,826	+0.0%
1921	5,688	−2.4%
1926	5,784	+1.7%
1931	5,937	+2.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
1936	5,782	−2.6%
1946	6,180	+6.9%
1954	6,010	−2.8%
1962	6,066	+0.9%
1968	5,750	−5.2%
1975	5,467	−4.9%
1982	5,317	−2.7%
1990	5,255	−1.2%
1999	5,631	+7.2%
2008	6,275	+11.4%

Breton language[]

In 2008, 12.52% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.^[3]

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue