Plogonnec
Plogonnec Plogoneg |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Quimper | |
Canton | Quimper-1 | |
Community association | Quimper Bretagne Occidentale | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 12 ′ N , 4 ° 15 ′ W | |
height | 12-286 m | |
surface | 54.14 km 2 | |
Residents | 3,156 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 58 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 29180 | |
INSEE code | 29169 | |
Website | https://www.plogonnec.fr/ (fr.) | |
![]() Saint-Thurien church |
Plogonnec ( Plogoneg ) is a French commune in the Finistère department in Brittany with 3156 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It belongs to the arrondissement of Quimper and the canton of Quimper-1 .
geography
The municipality is located in western Brittany , a good eight kilometers southeast of the Atlantic ( Bay of Douarnenez ) in the Cornouaille region . Locronan, which is important for tourism , is three kilometers north, Douarnenez ten kilometers west, Quimper eleven kilometers southeast, and Brest around 40 kilometers north-northwest (distances slightly rounded as the crow flies ).
traffic
The nearest exits on the motorway-like expressway E 60 ( Nantes -Brest) are at Quimper and Châteaulin . Quimper station is a TGV Atlantique station and regional station on the TER Bretagne network . The Quimper-Douarnenez railway line, which passes a few kilometers south of the village and had a station here, was closed for passenger traffic as early as 1974.
The next regional airports are the Quimper-Cornouaille airport and Brest airport .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
Residents | 2299 | 2270 | 2708 | 2888 | 3073 | 2806 | 3034 | 3156 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Church Saint-Thurien
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Plogonnec
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 423-427.