Pleyben

Pleyben Pleiben
region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Chateaulin
Canton	Briec
Community association	Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
Coordinates	48 ° 14 ′  N , 3 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′  N , 3 ° 58 ′  W
height	14-176 m
surface	76.04 km 2
Residents	3,627 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	48 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	29190
INSEE code	29162
Website	ville-de-pleyben.com

Pleyben ( Breton Pleiben ) is a municipality with 3627 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Finistère department in Brittany in France . The municipality belongs to the canton of Briec (until 2015 the capital of the canton of Pleyben ).

geography

Quimper is 30 kilometers southwest, Brest 55 kilometers northwest and Paris about 550 kilometers east.

There are regional train stations at Châteaulin and Quimper . There are regional airports at Quimper and Brest .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	3840	3713	3477	3491	3446	3397	3630	3627
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Enclosed parish

Pleyben has a lovely enclosed parish .

See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Pleyben

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 918-925.

Web links

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

• Official website of the city (French)