Tréouergat
Tréouergat Treouergad |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Brest | |
Canton | Saint-Renan | |
Community association | Pays d'Iroise | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 30 ′ N , 4 ° 36 ′ W | |
height | 24-92 m | |
surface | 6.10 km 2 | |
Residents | 341 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 56 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 29290 | |
INSEE code | 29299 | |
Mairie Tréouergat |
Tréouergat (Breton: Treouergad) is a French commune with 341 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Finistère department in the Brittany region . It belongs to the canton of Saint-Renan . Tréouergat belongs to the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Iroise .
geography
The community is around 12 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean and around 15 kilometers north of Brest .
history
The parish used to be part of the neighboring parish of Plouguin . Earlier names were Treffgouescat (1389), Treffgoezcat (1467), Treffgouezcat (1611), Trefgouergat (1641 and 1696), Treouergat or Trefgouescat (1697).
During the Second World War there was a not insignificant group of the Resistance ( FFI ) in Tréouergat , which was involved in the liberation of the city of Brest. This group, which also included 164 Russians, erected a memorial in Kergoff in 1965.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
Residents | 252 | 256 | 253 | 267 | 263 | 252 | 224 | 341 |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 984-985.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hommage aux resistants du maquis de Kegoff - Tréouergat and Stèle de Kergoff. Toujours beaucoup d'émotion
- ↑ Yannick Loukianoff: The Maquis of Kergoff (municipality of Tréouergat) , article on patrimoine-iroise.fr, viewed on June 7, 2019