Plouzané
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Brest-3 | |
| Community association | Brest metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 23 ′ N , 4 ° 37 ′ W | |
| height | 0-102 m | |
| surface | 33.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 12,822 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 387 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29280 | |
| INSEE code | 29212 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-plouzane.fr/ | |
 Petit Minou lighthouse |
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Plouzané ( Breton Plouzane ) is a French commune in northwest Brittany in the Finistère department with 12,822 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
location
The municipality is located on the Atlantic coast at the entrance to the Bay of Brest ( Rade de Brest ).
Brest borders directly on the municipality. The city center is 10 kilometers east and Paris about 500 kilometers east (as the crow flies ).
traffic
The expressways E 50 (Brest- Rennes ) and E 60 (Brest- Nantes ) end at Brest . Brest train station is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris and the regional train lines in the direction of Rennes and Nantes.
The Aéroport de Brest Bretagne regional airport is located near the city of Brest .
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2819 | 5167 | 8845 | 11,400 | 12,054 | 11,725 | 12,822 |
The source of Aber Ildut lies in the community .
Attractions
The remains of the three forts of Dellec , Megant and Minou and the lighthouse Petit Minou are located at the formerly strategically important entrance to the Bay of Brest .
The Vélodrome Brest Ponant Iroise was founded in 1988.
Town twinning
Plouzané has partnerships with:
- Kilrush in County Clare, Southern Ireland (1982). The Irish monk Sané from Kilrush is said to have founded the parish of Plouzané in the 5th century.
- Position in Lower Saxony (1991)
- Pencoed in South Wales (1996)
- Ceccano in the Italian region of Lazio (2003)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 118-121.
