Brignogan Plages
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| local community | Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages | |
| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 40 ′ N , 4 ° 20 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 29890 | |
| Former INSEE code | 29021 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Brignogan-Plages , including Brignogan-Plage , is a former French community with 735 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Finistère in the region of Brittany .
With effect from January 1, 2017, it was merged with the municipality of Plounéour-Trez by a decree of June 29, 2016 to form the Commune nouvelle Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages and now has the status of a Commune déléguée there.
location
The municipality of Brignogan-Plages was part of the canton of Lesneven in the Arrondissement of Brest and was bordered by the municipality of Kerlouan to the west and by Plounéour-Trez to the east and south . Brignogan-Plages is on the English Channel .
climate
The climate in the place and in the surrounding area is significantly influenced by the ocean . The average temperature in summer is 19 ° C and in winter 5 ° C. There is about 900 mm of precipitation per year. Brignogan-Plages experiences an annual average of around 1750 hours of sunshine.
history
Brignogan was already known as a seaside resort towards the end of the 19th century. The bay Port of Pontusval also served as the port of the nearby Lesneven . Above all, grain was traded. In 1904 a railway line was built that connects Brignogan with Lesneven and Landerneau . The original hamlet only became a municipality in 1934. Before it belonged to Plounéour-Trez .
On January 1, 2017, the municipality of Brignogan-Plages merged with Plounéour-Trez to form the new municipality of Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages.
Surname
There are several theories about the origin and meaning of the name Brignogan. According to the Dictionnaire des Communes, trêves et paroisses du Finistère, éditions du Chasses-Marée (Bernard Tanguy, 1990), the name is made up of the Breton word Bren (hill) and the local and surname Ogan , which was once common there .
The -plages (French beach ) appended to the name of the place was intended to underline its designation as a seaside resort.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1115 | 1052 | 1039 | 881 | 836 | 849 | 835 | 735 |
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Attractions
- Menhir Men Marz, 8.50 m high and weighing 80 tons , is one of the largest of its kind in France
- Pontusval lighthouse
- Chapel Pol
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Brignogan-Plages
The port of Pontusval
... at low tide
Meneham house near Kerlouan
the menhir Men Marz
Calvaire in front of the chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 737-739.
