Pleyben
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Pleyben
|native name = Pleiben
|commune status = Commune
|image = FRANCE - Bretagne - Pleyben - Enclos paroissial (06-08-2004).JPG
|caption = Parish close
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Pleyben (29).svg
|coordinates = {{coord|48.2267|-3.9681|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 14
|elevation max m = 176
|INSEE = 29162
|postal code = 29190
|arrondissement = Châteaulin
|canton = Briec
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
|area km2 = 76.04
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Pleyben ({{IPA|fr|plɛbɛ̃}}; {{Langx|br|Pleiben}}) is a commune in the Châteaulin arrondissement of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The calvary in the churchyard dates from 1555.
Population
Inhabitants of Pleyben are called in French Pleybennois.
{{Historical populations
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| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|27156|Pleyben}} and INSEE (1968–2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-29162#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |3676
|1800 |4014
|1806 |4019
|1821 |4040
|1831 |4508
|1836 |4635
|1841 |4672
|1846 |5010
|1851 |4901
|1856 |4897
|1861 |5164
|1866 |5289
|1872 |4908
|1876 |5227
|1881 |5327
|1886 |5324
|1891 |5683
|1896 |5617
|1901 |5579
|1906 |5643
|1911 |5541
|1921 |4955
|1926 |5012
|1931 |4579
|1936 |4562
|1946 |4575
|1954 |3998
|1962 |3840
|1968 |3713
|1975 |3477
|1982 |3491
|1990 |3446
|1999 |3397
|2007 |3630
|2012 |3684
|2017 |3627
}}
See also
- Communes of the Finistère department
- Parc naturel régional d'Armorique
- Yann Larhantec Sculptor "Croix de cimetière" in Pleyben
- Pleyben Parish close
- Roland Doré sculptor Sculptor of Pleyben calvary
- Calvary at Plougonven
- List of the works of the Maître de Thégonnec
References
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File:Bretagne Finistere Pleyben1 tango7174.jpg|Saint-Germain Church,
Left side of porch
File:Bretagne Finistere Pleyben2 tango7174.jpg|Saint-Germain Church,
Right side of porch
File:Bretagne Finistere Pleyben3 tango7174.jpg|Saint-Germain Church,
Nave and choir
File:Bretagne Finistere Pleyben6 tango7174.jpg|Saint-Germain Church,
Stained-glass windows of the choir
File:Bretagne Finistere Pleyben4 tango7174.jpg|Saint-Germain Church,
Retable of the Rosary
File:Bretagne Finistere Pleyben5 tango7174.jpg|Saint-Germain Church,
The great organs
External links
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- Tourism website [https://www.brittanytourism.com/destinations/the-10-destinations/pink-granite-coast-morlaix-bay/pleyben-saint-thegonnec/]
- {{Search Mérimée|29162}}
- [http://www.amf29.asso.fr/ Mayors of Finistère Association] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Finistère communes}}
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Category:Communes of Finistère
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