A municipality located between the right bank of the coastal river Aber-Wrac'h and the English Channel, Plouguerneau is made up of three towns: Plouguerneau in the center of the municipality, Lilia to the west facing the sea and Le Grouanec to the east facing land. It is located in the heart of the Pays pagan and the Pays des Abers.
Plouguerneau has 45 kilometers of coastline, islands included (it is the town in France with the longest coastline); it is also the capital of seaweed harvesters.[clarification needed]
Since 14 July 1967 the commune has been twinned with Neckarhausen, and from 1975 Edingen-Neckarhausen, in Baden-Württemberg. Considered one of the most exemplary twinnings between French and German communities, it earned Plouguerneau the 1990 Europe Prize, awarded by the Council of Europe.[3]
The commune is twinned with a number of villages in South East Cornwall, England, including:
plouguerneau, french, pronunciation, pluɡɛʁno, breton, plougerne, commune, finistère, department, brittany, north, western, france, plougernecommunesunset, coat, armslocation, show, franceshow, brittanycoordinates, 6078, 5042, 6078, 5042countryfranceregionbrit. Plouguerneau French pronunciation pluɡɛʁno Breton Plougerne is a commune in the Finistere department of Brittany in north western France Plouguerneau PlougerneCommuneSunset at PlouguerneauCoat of armsLocation of PlouguerneauPlouguerneauShow map of FrancePlouguerneauShow map of BrittanyCoordinates 48 36 28 N 4 30 15 W 48 6078 N 4 5042 W 48 6078 4 5042CountryFranceRegionBrittanyDepartmentFinistereArrondissementBrestCantonLesnevenGovernment Mayor 2020 2026 Yannig Robin 1 Area143 33 km2 16 73 sq mi Population 2021 2 6 682 Density150 km2 400 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST INSEE Postal code29195 29880Elevation0 79 m 0 259 ft 1 French Land Register data which excludes lakes ponds glaciers gt 1 km2 0 386 sq mi or 247 acres and river estuaries Contents 1 Geography 2 International relations 3 Population 4 Breton language 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksGeography editA municipality located between the right bank of the coastal river Aber Wrac h and the English Channel Plouguerneau is made up of three towns Plouguerneau in the center of the municipality Lilia to the west facing the sea and Le Grouanec to the east facing land It is located in the heart of the Pays pagan and the Pays des Abers Plouguerneau has 45 kilometers of coastline islands included it is the town in France with the longest coastline it is also the capital of seaweed harvesters clarification needed International relations edit nbsp Edingen NeckarhausenSince 14 July 1967 the commune has been twinned with Neckarhausen and from 1975 Edingen Neckarhausen in Baden Wurttemberg Considered one of the most exemplary twinnings between French and German communities it earned Plouguerneau the 1990 Europe Prize awarded by the Council of Europe 3 The commune is twinned with a number of villages in South East Cornwall England including nbsp nbsp St Germans UK nbsp nbsp Tideford UKPopulation editInhabitants of Plouguerneau are called in French Plouguerneens Historical populationYearPop p a 17933 367 18003 725 1 45 18065 168 5 61 18215 518 0 44 18315 546 0 05 18365 550 0 01 18415 311 0 88 18465 902 2 13 18516 246 1 14 18565 922 1 06 18615 868 0 18 18666 033 0 56 YearPop p a 18725 778 0 72 18765 951 0 74 18815 852 0 33 18865 832 0 07 18915 724 0 37 18965 603 0 43 19015 631 0 10 19065 824 0 68 19115 826 0 01 19215 688 0 24 19265 784 0 34 19315 937 0 52 YearPop p a 19365 782 0 53 19466 180 0 67 19546 010 0 35 19626 066 0 12 19685 750 0 89 19755 467 0 72 19825 317 0 40 19905 255 0 15 19995 628 0 76 20076 162 1 14 20126 352 0 61 20176 607 0 79 Source EHESS 4 and INSEE 1968 2017 5 Breton language editIn 2008 12 52 of primary school children attended bilingual schools where Breton language is taught alongside French 6 See also editCommunes of the Finistere departmentReferences edit Repertoire national des elus les maires data gouv fr Plateforme ouverte des donnees publiques francaises in French 2 December 2020 Populations legales 2021 The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies 28 December 2023 Conseil de l Europe 1990 Plouguerneau in French Des villages de Cassini aux communes d aujourd hui Commune data sheet Plouguerneau EHESS in French Population en historique depuis 1968 INSEE in French Ofis ar Brezhoneg Enseignement bilingueExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plouguerneau Official website in French Base Merimee Search for heritage in the commune Ministere francais de la Culture in French Mayors of Finistere Association in French nbsp This Finistere geographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Plouguerneau amp oldid 1173908592, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
