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.
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Coordinates: 48°31′49″N 4°27′06″W / 48.5303°N 4.4517°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 (2021)[2] | 3,892 |
• Density | 120/km2 (300/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. |
Inhabitants of Plouvien are called in French Plouviennois.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
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]