Plougonven

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

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Commune
The church and calvary in Plougonven
Location of Plougonven
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Coordinates: 48°31′18″N 3°42′42″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Plouigneau
Intercommunality	Morlaix Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernadette Auffret
Area 1	69.32 km2 (26.76 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,412
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29191 /29640
Elevation	19–307 m (62–1,007 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 Plougonven are known in French as Plougonvenois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,225 —     1800 3,356 +6.05% 1806 3,332 −0.12% 1821 3,442 +0.22% 1831 4,193 +1.99% 1836 4,382 +0.89% 1841 4,364 −0.08% 1846 4,558 +0.87% 1851 4,419 −0.62% 1856 4,223 −0.90% 1861 1,490 −18.81% 1866 4,276 +23.47% 1872 4,323 +0.18% 1876 4,333 +0.06% 1881 3,888 −2.14% 1886 4,079 +0.96% 1891 4,097 +0.09% 1896 4,118 +0.10%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,054 −0.31% 1906 4,063 +0.04% 1911 4,121 +0.28% 1921 3,884 −0.59% 1926 4,013 +0.66% 1931 3,989 −0.12% 1936 3,688 −1.56% 1946 3,540 −0.41% 1954 3,285 −0.93% 1962 2,767 −2.12% 1968 2,703 −0.39% 1975 2,782 +0.41% 1982 3,288 +2.42% 1990 3,374 +0.32% 1999 3,051 −1.11% 2007 3,206 +0.62% 2012 3,338 +0.81% 2017 3,496 +0.93%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

International relations

Plougonven is twinned with Inniscarra, County Cork, Ireland .

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Parc naturel régional d'Armorique
• Yann Larhantec Sculptor
• Calvary at Plougonven
• Plougonven Parish close

External links

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