Plougasnou
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix | |
| Canton | Plouigneau | |
| Community association | Morlaix Community | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 47 ′ W | |
| height | 0-94 m | |
| surface | 33.94 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,776 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 82 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29630 | |
| INSEE code | 29188 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-plougasnou.fr/ | |
 Beach at Plougasnou |
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Plougasnou ( Breton Plouganoù ) is a French commune in the north of Brittany in the Finistère department with 2,776 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
location
The place is located on the Atlantic coast on the English Channel . Morlaix is 13 kilometers south, Brest 60 kilometers southwest and Paris about 450 kilometers east.
traffic
At Morlaix the next exit is on the expressway E 50 (Brest- Rennes ) and a regional train station on the mostly parallel railway line.
Regional airports are located near the major cities of Brest and Rennes .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 3536 | 3422 | 3368 | 3432 | 3530 | 3393 | 3217 | 2776 |
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tourism
Plougasnou is a well-developed bathing and holiday resort with some prehistoric sights such as two dolmens and a menhir .
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Plougasnou
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 693-695.
Web links
Commons : Plougasnou - collection of images, videos and audio files
