Port-Launay

Port-Launay (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ lonɛ]; Breton: Meilh-ar-Wern) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Port-Launay Meilh-ar-Wern
Commune
Port-Launay and the river Aulne
Location of Port-Launay
Port-Launay Port-Launay
Coordinates: 48°12′59″N 4°04′10″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Crozon
Intercommunality	Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gaël Calvar
Area 1	2.00 km2 (0.77 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	396
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29222 /29150
Elevation	2–86 m (6.6–282.2 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 Port-Launay are called in French Port-Launistes.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1841 778 —     1846 858 +1.98% 1851 926 +1.54% 1856 898 −0.61% 1861 944 +1.00% 1866 1,329 +7.08% 1872 1,140 −2.52% 1876 1,115 −0.55% 1881 1,115 +0.00% 1886 1,147 +0.57% 1891 1,062 −1.53% 1896 1,063 +0.02% 1901 1,006 −1.10% 1906 1,069 +1.22% 1911 953 −2.27%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1921 829 −1.38% 1926 800 −0.71% 1931 700 −2.64% 1936 668 −0.93% 1946 756 +1.25% 1954 616 −2.53% 1962 648 +0.64% 1968 599 −1.30% 1975 543 −1.39% 1982 505 −1.03% 1990 395 −3.02% 1999 464 +1.80% 2007 476 +0.32% 2012 422 −2.38% 2017 391 −1.51%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Parc naturel régional d'Armorique

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 (in French)