Plougasnou
Plougasnou
Plouganoù | |
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The church of Saint-Pierre, in Plougasnou | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Plougasnou | |
Plougasnou Plougasnou | |
| Coordinates: 48°41′47″N 3°47′17″W / 48.6964°N 3.7881°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix |
| Canton | Plouigneau |
| Intercommunality | Morlaix Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Nathalie Bernard[1] |
Area 1 | 33.94 km2 (13.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 3,192 |
| • Density | 94.05/km2 (243.6/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.
Population
Inhabitants of Plougasnou are called Plouganistes in French.
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Twinning
Plougasnou has been twinned with Helston since 2010.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Plougasnou, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, 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)