Plouénan
Plouénan
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_Mairie.JPG) The town hall in Plouénan | |
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| Coordinates: 48°37′44″N 3°59′17″W / 48.6289°N 3.9881°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix |
| Canton | Saint-Pol-de-Léon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Aline Chevaucher[1] |
| Area 1 | 30.64 km2 (11.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,567 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29184 /29420 |
| Elevation | 0–88 m (0–289 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Plouénan (French pronunciation: [pluenɑ̃]; Breton: Plouenan) is both a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France and also a town within the commune.
The commune includes the town of Plouénan and the hamlets of Kerlaudy, Pont-Éon, and Lopreden. It forms part of the Pays de Léon area.
Toponymy
[edit]The name of the area has appeared in a number of forms including Plebs Lapidea in 884, Plebs Menoen around 1150, Ploebenon in 1277, Plouenouven in 1279, Plebenoen in 1306, Ploe Benoan around 1330, Plebevenan in 1405, Ploebenan in 1467, Ploemenan in 1453, and Ploemenan in 1481.[3]
Plouénan comes from the Breton language word "ploe" meaning parish et Menoen, who was a Breton saint.[4]
Education
[edit]The town of Plouénan has two primary schools - one public and one private.
L’école Simone Veil[5] is the public school. The school was founded in 1816 and was, at the time, only open to boys. The school moved to its current site in 1906. In 1946, a parents' association[6] (L'Amicale Laïque[7]) was formed to raise funds for the school and children. At various points during the year, it holds events including the annual kermesse. In 2017, the school, then known simply as L'école Publique du Bourg, was renamed in honour of Simone Veil - the renaming ceremony took place on 24 June 2017.[8] In 2017/2018, the school welcomed 109 children. The school was in the first wave of schools to return to a four-day week pattern (with the school remaining closed on Wednesdays).[9]
L’école Notre Dame de Kérellon[10] is a private school aligned to the Catholic church. In 2015/2016, the school had 131 children.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,642 | — |
| 1975 | 2,581 | −0.33% |
| 1982 | 2,510 | −0.40% |
| 1990 | 2,356 | −0.79% |
| 1999 | 2,381 | +0.12% |
| 2009 | 2,425 | +0.18% |
| 2014 | 2,501 | +0.62% |
| 2020 | 2,539 | +0.25% |
| Source: INSEE[11] | ||
Inhabitants of Plouénan are called in French Plouénanais.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "ETYMOLOGIE et HISTOIRE de PLOUENAN". Info Bretagne. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "ETYMOLOGIE et HISTOIRE de PLOUENAN". Info Bretagne. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "L'école Simone Veil". Plouenan.fr. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "L'Amicale Laique". Plouenan.fr. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "L'Amicale Laique". Facebook. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "École publique. Simone Veil à l'honneur". Le Télégramme. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ ""Cette année, on ne faisait plus qu'une garderie améliorée"". Libération. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "L'école Notre Dame de Kérellon". Plouenan.fr. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)
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