Plouyé

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Plouyé
Plouie
Plouyé (France)
Plouyé
region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Chateaulin
Canton Carhaix-Plouguer
Community association Monts d'Arrée Communauté
Coordinates 48 ° 19 ′  N , 3 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′  N , 3 ° 44 ′  W
height 67-246 m
surface 37.55 km 2
Residents 674 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 18 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 29690
INSEE code

Saint-Pierre church

Plouyé ( Breton Plouie ) is a French commune in Brittany in the Finistère department with 674 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The place name is translated for "community of Ia" and could be related to the Cornish saint Ia .

geography

The place is near the Regional Nature Park Armorique ( French Parc naturel régional d'Armorique ), in a hilly and wooded area. The Ellez River runs along the southwestern municipal boundary .

Morlaix is 30 kilometers north, Brest 55 kilometers west, Rennes 150 kilometers east-southeast and Paris around 450 kilometers east.

traffic

Plouyé is remote from the main traffic routes. At Morlaix and Landivisiau the next exits are on the expressway E 50 ( Rennes -Brest) and regional train stations on the parallel railway line.

The nearest regional airports are at Brest and Rennes .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2017
Residents 1241 1048 958 836 726 675 724 674
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 580-582.

Web links

Commons : Plouyé  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cf. Nicholas Orme: The Saints of Cornwall . Oxford University Press 2000, ISBN 0-19-820765-4 , p. 145.