Locmaria-Plouzané

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Commune
Porsmilin Beach, at Locmaria-Plouzané
Coat of arms
Location of Locmaria-Plouzané
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Coordinates: 48°22′33″N 4°38′31″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Saint-Renan
Intercommunality	Pays d'Iroise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Viviane Godebert
Area 1	23.16 km2 (8.94 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	5,138
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29130 /29280
Elevation	0–107 m (0–351 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Locmaria-Plouzané (French pronunciation: [lɔkmaʁja pluzane]; Breton: Lokmaria-Plouzane) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Locmaria-Plouzané are called in French Lanvénécois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,971	—
1975	3,280	+1.42%
1982	3,726	+1.84%
1990	4,150	+1.36%
1999	4,252	+0.27%
2007	4,657	+1.14%
2012	4,985	+1.37%
2017	5,083	+0.39%
Source: INSEE

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 20 June 2008.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

External links

• 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)