Bourg-Blanc

Bourg-Blanc (French pronunciation: [buʁ blɑ̃]; Breton: Ar Vourc'h-Wenn) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Bourg-Blanc Ar Vourc'h-Wenn
Commune
A general view of Bourg-Blanc
Coat of arms
Location of Bourg-Blanc
Bourg-Blanc Bourg-Blanc
Coordinates: 48°30′01″N 4°30′13″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Plabennec
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Gibergues
Area 1	28.31 km2 (10.93 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,542
• Density	130/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29015 /29860
Elevation	25–98 m (82–322 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Bourg-Blanc are called Blanc-Bourgeois in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,444 —     1800 1,561 +1.12% 1806 1,617 +0.59% 1821 1,746 +0.51% 1831 1,729 −0.10% 1836 1,868 +1.56% 1841 1,831 −0.40% 1846 1,841 +0.11% 1851 1,920 +0.84% 1856 1,867 −0.56% 1861 1,848 −0.20% 1866 1,824 −0.26% 1872 1,761 −0.58% 1876 1,808 +0.66% 1881 1,826 +0.20% 1886 1,767 −0.65% 1891 1,708 −0.68% 1896 1,666 −0.50%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,684 +0.22% 1906 1,712 +0.33% 1911 1,762 +0.58% 1921 1,610 −0.90% 1926 1,593 −0.21% 1931 1,626 +0.41% 1936 1,651 +0.31% 1946 1,699 +0.29% 1954 1,675 −0.18% 1962 1,682 +0.05% 1968 1,784 +0.99% 1975 2,290 +3.63% 1982 2,659 +2.16% 1990 2,971 +1.40% 1999 3,077 +0.39% 2007 3,207 +0.52% 2012 3,402 +1.19% 2017 3,568 +0.96%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• List of the works of the Maître de Thégonnec

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association Archived 2021-03-18 at the Wayback Machine (in French)