Plouguin

Plouguin

Plougin
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Commune
	The town hall in Plouguin
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 48°31′31″N 4°36′00″W / 48.5253°N 4.6000°WCoordinates: 48°31′31″N 4°36′00″W / 48.5253°N 4.6000°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Plabennec
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Roger Talarmain
Area 1	31.02 km2 (11.98 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	2,160
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29196 /29830
Elevation	0–82 m (0–269 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plouguin (French pronunciation: [pluɡɛ̃]; Occitan: Plougin) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

It lies 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Brest, about 7 km (4.3 mi) from the English Channel in the far west of the Leon peninsula.

Population[]

Inhabitants of Plouguin are called in French Plouguinois.

Saint Winwaloe[]

Plouguin is considered to have been (about 460) the birthplace of Saint Winwaloe, and his supposed place of birth, a feudal hillock, is still pointed out.

International relations[]

Plouguin is twinned with the town of Newport in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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.