Rosporden
Rosporden
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Rosporden pond; parish church of Notre-Dame. | |
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Location of Rosporden | |
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| Coordinates: 47°57′41″N 3°50′01″W / 47.9614°N 3.8336°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Quimper |
| Canton | Concarneau |
| Intercommunality | Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Loussouarn[1] |
Area 1 | 57.37 km2 (22.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 7,550 |
| • Density | 132/km2 (341/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29241 /29140 |
| Elevation | 25–171 m (82–561 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Rosporden (French pronunciation: [ʁɔspɔʁdɛ̃]; Breton: Rosporden) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.[3] Rosporden station has rail connections to Quimper, Lorient and Vannes.
The small city specializes in the manufacture of "chouchen", a version of mead native to Brittany, and is known as the Capital of Chouchen.
Population
Inhabitants of Rosporden are called in French Rospordinois. In 1974 Rosporden absorbed the former commune of Kernével.[4] The population data given in the table below for 1968 and earlier refer to the former commune of Rosporden, without Kernével.
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See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ Commune de Rosporden (29241), INSEE
- ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0153, 30 June 1974, p. 6900.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rosporden, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rosporden.
- 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)