Plouyé

Plouyé (French pronunciation: [pluje]; Breton: Plouie "Parish of Ia"^[3]) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

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Commune
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Location of Plouyé
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Coordinates: 48°18′58″N 3°44′11″W / 48.3161°N 3.7364°W / 48.3161; -3.7364
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Carhaix-Plouguer
Intercommunality	Monts d'Arrée Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Grégory Le Guillou^[1]
Area ^1	37.55 km^2 (14.50 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[2]	652
• Density	17/km^2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29211 /29690
Elevation	67–246 m (220–807 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Plouyé are called in French Plouyéziens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,310 —     1800 1,753 +4.25% 1806 1,710 −0.41% 1821 1,580 −0.53% 1831 1,940 +2.07% 1836 1,990 +0.51% 1841 1,998 +0.08% 1846 2,028 +0.30% 1851 2,135 +1.03% 1856 2,040 −0.91% 1861 2,053 +0.13% 1866 2,071 +0.17% 1872 1,936 −1.12% 1876 1,989 +0.68% 1881 1,913 −0.78% 1886 1,972 +0.61% 1891 2,031 +0.59% 1896 2,086 +0.54%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,272 +1.72% 1906 2,243 −0.26% 1911 2,323 +0.70% 1921 2,223 −0.44% 1926 2,195 −0.25% 1931 1,960 −2.24% 1936 1,789 −1.81% 1946 1,670 −0.69% 1954 1,423 −1.98% 1962 1,241 −1.70% 1968 1,048 −2.78% 1975 958 −1.27% 1982 836 −1.93% 1990 726 −1.75% 1999 675 −0.81% 2007 718 +0.77% 2012 724 +0.17% 2017 674 −1.42%
Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Doble, Gilbert Hunter (1960). The Saints of Cornwall.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Plouyé, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)

External links

 

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• Official website (in French)