Ploujean

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Ploujean is a former commune of Finistère which is part of Morlaix since February 1959.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000016748 Modifications aux circonscriptions territoriales de communes], Journal officiel de la République française n° 0044, 21 February 1959, pp. 2219-2220.

The church was built in the 15th century. It has been listed as a Monument historique since 1914 by the French Ministry of Culture,{{Base Mérimée|PA00090127|Ploujean church and cemetery}} and its organ, built by Thomas Dallam II in the 17th century, has been listed since 1992.{{Base Palissy|PM29001484|Ploujean organ}}

It is the birthplace of the Breton poets Tristan Corbière and Olivier Souvestre{{in lang|fr}} Olivier Souvetre, French Wikipedia. Retrieved on 25 September 2010. (1835–1871). It is also the place where Gabriel Pierné died in 1937.

The population was 3,142 at the 1954 census.{{Cassini-Ehess|27233|Ploujean}}

Morlaix's airport, in Ploujean, is Morlaix – Ploujean Airport. Brit Air, a regional airline and Air France subsidiary, was headquartered by the airport in Ploujean.{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.britair.com/mentionslegales.php Address] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123203827/http://www.britair.com/mentionslegales.php |date=2010-01-23 }}, Brit Air. Retrieved on 21 May 2009. In 2013 the airline merged into HOP!."[http://tv.ibtimes.com/air-france-launches-new-low-cost-airline-hop-9873 Air France Launches New Low-Cost Airline 'Hop!'] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130616012707/http://tv.ibtimes.com/air-france-launches-new-low-cost-airline-hop-9873 |date=2013-06-16 }}." Reuters. 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.

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Category:Former communes of Finistère

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