Plabennec
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Plabennec (main town) | |
| Community association | Pays des Abers | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 30 ′ N , 4 ° 26 ′ W | |
| height | 28-102 m | |
| surface | 50.43 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,436 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 167 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29860 | |
| INSEE code | 29160 | |
| Website | ville-plabennec.fr | |
 Saint-Ténénan church |
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Plabennec ( Breton Plabenneg ) is a French commune in northwestern Brittany in the Finistère department with 8,436 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
location
The place is about 14 kilometers south of the Atlantic coast at the entrance of the English Channel .
The city and port of Brest is 18 kilometers south and Paris around 500 east (as the crow flies ).
traffic
At Brest there are the next exits on the expressways E 50 towards Rennes and E 60 towards Nantes . Brest train station is the terminus of regional train lines and the TGV Atlantique to Paris.
The Aéroport de Brest Bretagne regional airport is just five kilometers south of the municipality near the city of Brest .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 4389 | 4484 | 5168 | 6435 | 6600 | 6997 | 7588 | 8436 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Ténénan church
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Plabennec
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 876-882.
Web links
Commons : Plabennec - collection of images, videos and audio files
