Pleuven

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Pleuven
Pluwenn
Coat of arms of Pleuven
Pleuven (France)
Pleuven
region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Fouesnant
Community association Pays Fouesnantais
Coordinates 47 ° 54 ′  N , 4 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 54 ′  N , 4 ° 3 ′  W
height 2-77 m
surface 13.69 km 2
Residents 2,987 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 218 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 29170
INSEE code
Website http://www.pleuven.fr/

Town Hall ( Mairie )

Pleuven ( Breton Pluwenn ) is a French commune in southwest Brittany in the Finistère department with 2987 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

location

The place is located near the Atlantic coast near Bénodet and Fouesnant . Quimper is ten kilometers north, the city and port of Brest 62 kilometers northwest and Paris around 480 kilometers east (as the crow flies ).

traffic

At Quimper and Rosporden there are departures on the expressway E 60 Brest- Nantes and stations on the predominantly parallel regional railway line towards Brest and Nantes. Brest train station is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris.

The airports Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud near Lorient and Aéroport de Brest Bretagne near Brest are the nearest regional airports .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2017
Residents 1038 1107 1332 1690 1993 2356 2636 2987
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Mathurin Church
  • Saint-Mathurin Church

See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Pleuven

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 486-490.

Web links

Commons : Pleuven  - collection of images, videos and audio files