Plouguin

Plouguin
Plougin

The town hall in Plouguin

Coat of arms
Plouguin

Coordinates: 48°31′31″N 4°36′00″W / 48.5253°N 4.6000°W / 48.5253; -4.6000Coordinates: 48°31′31″N 4°36′00″W / 48.5253°N 4.6000°W / 48.5253; -4.6000
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Brest
Canton Ploudalmézeau
Intercommunality Plabennec et des Abers
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Roger Talarmain
Area1 31.02 km2 (11.98 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 2,074
  Density 67/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 29196 / 29830
Elevation 0–82 m (0–269 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Plouguin (Plougin in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

It lies 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Brest, about 7 km (4.3 mi) from the English Channel in the far west of the Leon peninsula.

Population

Inhabitants of Plouguin are called in French Plouguinois.

Saint Winwaloe

Plouguin is considered to have been (about 460) the birthplace of Saint Winwaloe, and his supposed place of birth, a feudal hillock, is still pointed out.

International relations

Plouguin is twinned with the town of Newport in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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