Plougasnou

Commune in Brittany, France

Plougasnou Plouganoù
Commune
The church of Saint-Pierre, in Plougasnou
Coat of arms
Location of Plougasnou
(2020–2026)		Nathalie Bernard^[1]
Area ¹	33.94 km² (13.10 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,878
• Density	85/km² (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29188 /29630
Elevation	0–94 m (0–308 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plougasnou (French pronunciation: [pluɡanu]; Breton: 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 population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	4,959	—
1800	3,103	−6.48%
1806	3,106	+0.02%
1821	3,029	−0.17%
1831	3,827	+2.37%
1836	3,790	−0.19%
1841	3,817	+0.14%
1846	4,003	+0.96%
1851	3,735	−1.38%
1856	3,650	−0.46%
1861	3,261	−2.23%
1866	3,868	+3.47%
1872	3,876	+0.03%
1876	3,786	−0.59%
1881	3,723	−0.34%
1886	3,709	−0.08%
1891	3,805	+0.51%
1896	3,644	−0.86%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	3,700	+0.31%
1906	3,843	+0.76%
1911	3,997	+0.79%
1921	3,968	−0.07%
1926	3,767	−1.03%
1931	3,677	−0.48%
1936	3,687	+0.05%
1946	3,683	−0.01%
1954	3,350	−1.18%
1962	3,536	+0.68%
1968	3,422	−0.54%
1975	3,368	−0.23%
1982	3,432	+0.27%
1990	3,530	+0.35%
1999	3,393	−0.44%
2007	3,217	−0.66%
2012	3,107	−0.69%
2017	2,776	−2.23%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Twinning

Plougasnou has been twinned with Helston since 2010.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Plougasnou, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Helston Twinning.org
^ (in French)Mairie Plougasnou

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plougasnou.

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)