Plougasnou

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Plougasnou

|native name = {{lang|br|Plouganoù}}

|commune status = Commune

|image = Eglise de Plougasnou.JPG

|caption = The church of Saint-Pierre, in Plougasnou

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Plougasnou (Finistère).svg

|coordinates = {{coord|48.6964|-3.7881|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 94

|INSEE = 29188

|postal code = 29630

|arrondissement = Morlaix

|canton = Plouigneau

|mayor = Nathalie Bernard{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Morlaix Communauté

|area km2 = 33.94

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Plougasnou ({{IPA|fr|pluɡanu}}; {{langx|br|Plouganoù}}) is a commune in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France, located about 75 kilometres east of Brest. Plougasnou is northeast of the town of Plouezoc'h, north of Lanmeur and west of Saint-Jean-du-Doigt. It had a population of 3,197 inhabitants in 2016. Inhabitants of Plougasnou are called Plouganistes.

Population

{{Historical populations

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| percentages = pagr

| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|27210|Plougasnou}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-29188#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |4959

|1800 |3103

|1806 |3106

|1821 |3029

|1831 |3827

|1836 |3790

|1841 |3817

|1846 |4003

|1851 |3735

|1856 |3650

|1861 |3261

|1866 |3868

|1872 |3876

|1876 |3786

|1881 |3723

|1886 |3709

|1891 |3805

|1896 |3644

|1901 |3700

|1906 |3843

|1911 |3997

|1921 |3968

|1926 |3767

|1931 |3677

|1936 |3687

|1946 |3683

|1954 |3350

|1962 |3536

|1968 |3422

|1975 |3368

|1982 |3432

|1990 |3530

|1999 |3393

|2007 |3217

|2012 |3107

|2017 |2776

}}

Twinning

Plougasnou has been twinned with Helston since 2010.[http://www.helstontwinning.org/plougasnou/home Helston Twinning.org]{{in lang|fr}}[https://www.mairie-plougasnou.fr/vie-locale/jumelage-avec-helston Mairie Plougasnou]

See also

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