Plourin
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Saint-Renan | |
| Community association | Pays d'Iroise | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 31 ′ N , 4 ° 41 ′ W | |
| height | 25-94 m | |
| surface | 25.69 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,241 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 48 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29830 | |
| INSEE code | 29208 | |
| Website | official website | |
Plourin (bret. Plourin-Gwitalmeze ) is a French municipality with 1241 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Finistère in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Brest and the canton of Saint-Renan .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1125 | 978 | 851 | 889 | 895 | 983 | 1208 | 1241 |
history
The municipality originally belonged to the area of Nieder-Leon (French Bas-Léon, Bret. Goueled-Leon) in northwest Brittany, later to the rule of Brest and Saint-Renan.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Plourin
- Town hall, a former poor house from the 17th / 18th centuries century
- Saint-Budoc church from 1893, built by Ernest Le Guerranic
- Saint Roch chapel
- Menhirs of Kergadiou
- Calvary from 1874
Saint-Budoc church
town hall
Back of the town hall
Menhir of Kergadiou
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 975-978.
Web links
Commons : Plourin - collection of images, videos and audio files
