Poullaouen (Poullaouen)
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| local community | Poullaouen | |
| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Chateaulin | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 20 ′ N , 3 ° 39 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 29246 | |
| Former INSEE code | 29227 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
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Poullaouen is a village and a former French commune with 1,265 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Finistère in the region of Brittany . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Châteaulin and the Canton of Carhaix-Plouguer .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Poullaouen and Locmaria-Berrien were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Poullaouen of the same name and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are located in Poullaouen.
location
The place is centrally located in the west of Brittany between the two places Carhaix-Plouguer and Huelgoat . Quimper is 50 kilometers southwest, the city and port of Brest 60 kilometers northwest and Paris about 450 kilometers east (as the crow flies ).
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2004 | 2009 | 2014 |
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| Residents | 2,075 | 1,793 | 1,731 | 1,574 | 1,498 | 1,383 | 1,396 | 1,298 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Poullaouen
- Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul church in Poullaouen
- Saint-Tudec Chapel in Poullaouen
- Notre-Dame-du-Paradis chapel in the hamlet of Saint-Quijeau
Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church
Saint-Tudec chapel
Notre-Dame-du-Paradis chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 160-165.
