Pleuven
Pleuven Pluwenn |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Quimper | |
Canton | Fouesnant | |
Community association | Pays Fouesnantais | |
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 | 29161 | |
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
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.