Bohars

Bohars

Boc'harzh
Bohars Boc'harzh
Commune
	The town hall in Bohars
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bohars
	Bohars Bohars
	Coordinates: 48°25′49″N 4°30′44″W / 48.4303°N 4.5122°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Brest-4
Intercommunality	Brest Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Armel Gourvil
Area 1	7.27 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population (2023)	3,727
• Density	513/km2 (1,330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29011 /29820
Elevation	3–93 m (9.8–305.1 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bohars (French pronunciation: [bɔaʁ]; Breton: Boc'harzh) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany north-western France.

Bohars is twinned with the village of Tarporley in England, United Kingdom

Population

Inhabitants of Bohars are called Boharsiens in French.

Historical population

Source: INSEE^[3] and EHESS^[4]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bohars, EHESS (in French).