Plouguerneau
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Plouguerneau
|native name = Plougerne
|commune status = Commune
|image = Bretagne plouguerneau.jpg
|caption = Sunset at Plouguerneau
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Plouguerneau (Finistère).svg
|coordinates = {{coord|48.6078|-4.5042|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 0
|elevation max m = 79
|INSEE = 29195
|postal code = 29880
|arrondissement = Brest
|canton = Lesneven
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality =
|area km2 = 43.33
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Plouguerneau ({{IPA|fr|pluɡɛʁno}}; {{Langx|br|Plougerne}}) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Geography
A municipality located between the right bank of the coastal river Aber-Wrac'h and the English Channel, Plouguerneau is made up of three towns: Plouguerneau in the center of the municipality, Lilia to the west facing the sea and Le Grouanec to the east facing land. It is located in the heart of the Pays pagan and the Pays des Abers.
Plouguerneau has 45 kilometers of coastline, islands included (it is the town in France with the longest coastline); it is also the capital of seaweed harvesters.{{clarification needed|date=September 2023}}
International relations
- {{flagicon|EU}} Edingen-Neckarhausen
Since 14 July 1967 the commune has been twinned with Neckarhausen, and from 1975 Edingen-Neckarhausen, in Baden-Württemberg. Considered one of the most exemplary twinnings between French and German communities, it earned Plouguerneau the 1990 Europe Prize, awarded by the Council of Europe.{{cite web|title=Conseil de l'Europe 1990 - Plouguerneau |url=https://www.coe.int/fr/web/europe-prize-exhibition/plouguerneau |language=fr}}
The commune is twinned with a number of villages in South East Cornwall, England, including:
Population
Inhabitants of Plouguerneau are called in French Plouguernéens.
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 3
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|27223|Plouguerneau }} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-29195#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |3367
|1800 |3725
|1806 |5168
|1821 |5518
|1831 |5546
|1836 |5550
|1841 |5311
|1846 |5902
|1851 |6246
|1856 |5922
|1861 |5868
|1866 |6033
|1872 |5778
|1876 |5951
|1881 |5852
|1886 |5832
|1891 |5724
|1896 |5603
|1901 |5631
|1906 |5824
|1911 |5826
|1921 |5688
|1926 |5784
|1931 |5937
|1936 |5782
|1946 |6180
|1954 |6010
|1962 |6066
|1968 |5750
|1975 |5467
|1982 |5317
|1990 |5255
|1999 |5628
|2007 |6162
|2012 |6352
|2017 |6607
}}
Breton language
In 2008, 12.52% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.{{in lang|fr}} Ofis ar Brezhoneg: [http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/services/observatoire/travaux.php?travail_id=83 Enseignement bilingue]
See also
References
External links
{{commons category}}
- [http://www.plouguerneau.fr Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
- {{Search Mérimée|29195}}
- [http://www.amf29.asso.fr/ Mayors of Finistère Association] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Finistère communes}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Communes of Finistère
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