Ploumoguer

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Ploumoguer
Ploñger
The town hall in Ploumoguer
The town hall in Ploumoguer
Coat of arms of Ploumoguer
Location of Ploumoguer
Ploumoguer is located in France
Ploumoguer
Ploumoguer
Coordinates: 48°24′12″N 4°43′19″W / 48.4033°N 4.7219°W / 48.4033; -4.7219Coordinates: 48°24′12″N 4°43′19″W / 48.4033°N 4.7219°W / 48.4033; -4.7219
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementBrest
CantonSaint-Renan
IntercommunalityPays d'Iroise
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Didier Pluvinage[1]
Area
1
38.93 km2 (15.03 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
2,059
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29201 /29810
Elevation0–141 m (0–463 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ploumoguer (French pronunciation: ​[plumɔɡɛʁ]; Breton: Ploñger) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population[]

Inhabitants of Ploumoguer are called in French Ploumoguérois.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18811,470—    
19011,884+28.2%
19111,938+2.9%
19261,853−4.4%
19361,724−7.0%
19461,707−1.0%
19541,648−3.5%
19621,562−5.2%
19681,475−5.6%
19751,361−7.7%
19821,560+14.6%
19901,602+2.7%
19991,646+2.7%
20081,919+16.6%

Notable people[]

  • Jean Causeur - 1643–1771, butcher who was said to have lived to 131 years of age. Modern scrutiny of his birth records reveal that he was probably born in around 1665, making his age of death around 109 years, still an exceptional age for his time.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ L.-L. B. Petersen and B. Jeune, ISBN 87-7838-466-4 ISSN 0909-119X , Odense, 2003; http://www.demogr.mpg.de/books/odense/6/03.htm

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