Plouvien
Commune in Brittany, France
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Plouvien (French pronunciation: [pluvjɛ̃]; Breton: Plouvien) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The journalist and writer Jean Bothorel was born in Plouvien on 12 May 1940.
Plouvien | |
|---|---|
The parish church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul | |
 Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Plouvien | |
  Plouvien  Plouvien | |
| Coordinates: 48°31′49″N 4°27′06″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Brest |
| Canton | Plabennec |
| Intercommunality | Pays des Abers |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Hervé Oldani[1] |
Area 1 | 33.70 km2 (13.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 3,968 |
| • Density | 117.7/km2 (305.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29209 /29860 |
| Elevation | 0–89 m (0–292 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
Inhabitants of Plouvien are called in French Plouviennois.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2,291 | — |
| 1975 | 2,431 | +0.85% |
| 1982 | 2,779 | +1.93% |
| 1990 | 2,886 | +0.47% |
| 1999 | 3,187 | +1.11% |
| 2007 | 3,601 | +1.54% |
| 2012 | 3,708 | +0.59% |
| 2017 | 3,766 | +0.31% |
| 2023 | 3,968 | +0.87% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 24 May 2007.
In 2008, 7.54% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[4]
