Plouguin

Commune in Brittany, France

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Commune
The town hall in Plouguin
Coat of arms
Location of Plouguin
(2020–2026)		Roger Talarmain^[1]
Area ¹	31.02 km² (11.98 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,204
• Density	71/km² (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29196 /29830
Elevation	0–82 m (0–269 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plouguin (French pronunciation: [pluɡɛ̃]; Breton: Plougin) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

It lies 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Brest, about 7 km (4.3 mi) from the English Channel in the far west of the Leon peninsula.

Population

Inhabitants of Plouguin are called in French Plouguinois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,418	—
1975	1,373	−0.46%
1982	1,920	+4.91%
1990	2,060	+0.88%
1999	1,955	−0.58%
2007	2,050	+0.59%
2012	2,121	+0.68%
2017	2,151	+0.28%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Saint Winwaloe

Plouguin is considered to have been (about 460) the birthplace of Saint Winwaloe, and his supposed place of birth, a feudal hillock, is still pointed out.

International relations

Plouguin is twinned with the town of Newport in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plouguin.

Official website (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)