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Plescop

Pleskob
Plescop Pleskob
Commune
	The Chapel of Our Lady of Lézurgan, in Plescop
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 47°41′59″N 2°48′17″W / 47.6997°N 2.8047°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Vannes-2
Intercommunality	Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Loïc Le Trionnaire
Area 1	23.35 km2 (9.02 sq mi)
Population (2021)	6,225
• Density	270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56158 /56890
Elevation	17–67 m (56–220 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plescop (French pronunciation: [plɛskɔp]; Breton: Pleskob) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3]

Population edit

Inhabitants of Plescop are called in French Plescopais.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	849	—
1806	802	−0.44%
1821	1,005	+1.52%
1831	1,005	+0.00%
1836	920	−1.75%
1841	933	+0.28%
1846	1,013	+1.66%
1851	1,042	+0.57%
1856	988	−1.06%
1861	1,015	+0.54%
1866	1,149	+2.51%
1872	1,116	−0.48%
1876	1,173	+1.25%
1881	1,236	+1.05%
1886	1,242	+0.10%
1891	1,246	+0.06%
1896	1,229	−0.27%
1901	1,137	−1.54%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	1,147	+0.18%
1911	1,100	−0.83%
1921	1,064	−0.33%
1926	1,050	−0.26%
1931	948	−2.02%
1936	1,007	+1.21%
1946	1,046	+0.38%
1954	1,030	−0.19%
1962	1,089	+0.70%
1968	1,209	+1.76%
1975	1,857	+6.32%
1982	2,678	+5.37%
1990	2,966	+1.28%
1999	3,671	+2.40%
2009	4,679	+2.46%
2014	5,647	+3.83%
2020	6,182	+1.52%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968–2020)^[5]

Map edit

Topographic map

Breton language edit

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 28 January 2005.

In 2008, 11.45% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.^[6]

References edit

^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Plescop, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue