Plouvorn
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix | |
| Canton | Landivisiau | |
| Community association | Pays de Landivisiau | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 35 ′ N , 4 ° 2 ′ W | |
| height | 29-126 m | |
| surface | 35.44 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,870 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 81 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29420 | |
| INSEE code | 29210 | |
| Website | http://www.plouvorn.com/ | |
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Plouvorn ( Breton Plouvorn ) is a French commune with 2870 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in western Brittany in the Finistère department . It belongs to the community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau .
geography
The municipality is located in the north of Brittany, twelve kilometers south of the Atlantic coast . Morlaix is 15 kilometers east, the city and port of Brest 38 kilometers southwest and Paris around 470 kilometers east (as the crow flies ). The municipality is crossed by the Horn River.
traffic
At Landivisiau and Morlaix there are departures on European route 50 (Brest- Rennes ) and regional train stations on the mostly parallel railway line. Brest train station is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris. Aéroport de Brest Bretagne airport near Brest is the nearest regional airport .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2630 | 2619 | 2525 | 2700 | 2504 | 2573 | 2755 | 2870 |
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Attractions
- Château de Troërin (castle) with pigeon tower , monument historique
- Saint-Pierre church
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Plouvorn
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 1075-1079.
