Plouguin
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Plabennec | |
| Community association | Pays des Abers | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 31 ′ N , 4 ° 36 ′ W | |
| height | 0-82 m | |
| surface | 31.02 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,151 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 69 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29830 | |
| INSEE code | 29196 | |
 Saint-Pierre church |
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Plouguin ( Breton Plougin ) is a municipality with 2151 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Finistère department in Brittany in France . It belongs to the Communauté de communes du Pays des Abers and was part of the canton of Ploudalmézeau .
The name is derived from the Breton words ploe (community) and ken (beautiful). Other sources attribute the second syllable to Saint Gwen .
In 2004 a wind farm with five wind turbines was built in the north-west of the municipality , which delivers more than 27 million kWh of electrical energy per year.
On December 21, 2008, the municipality joined the Ya d'ar brezhoneg Charter for the promotion of the Breton language.
geography
Plouguin is about 20 kilometers northwest of Brest , about seven kilometers from the English Channel . The municipality is crossed in a north-south direction by the Garo River, which drives many mills .
To the north, Plouguin is bounded by the Aber Benoît . The highest elevation in the municipality is 82 m.
history
Variants of the parish name include Ploueguen (1173), Ploeken (approx. 1330), Ploeguin (1371), Ploeguen (1481) and Ploueguen (1544).
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1549 | 1418 | 1373 | 1920 | 2060 | 1955 | 2050 | 2151 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Plouguin
- Saint-Pierre church (17th century)
- Chapel of Loc-Majan (1771)
- Keroulidic mansion (15th century)
- Kerberec manor (16th century)
- Lesven mansion
- Menhir of Lannoulouarn
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 973-975.
- Jo Patinec (ed.), De l'Aber-Benoît à l'Aber-Ildut , Paris 1982.
