Plozévet

Plozévet Plozeved
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Plozévet
Plozévet Plozévet
Coordinates: 47°59′15″N 4°25′26″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Plonéour-Lanvern
Intercommunality	Haut-Pays Bigouden
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilles Kerezeon
Area 1	27.18 km2 (10.49 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,940
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29215 /29710
Elevation	0–97 m (0–318 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plozévet (Breton: Plozeved) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Plozévet is twinned with the village of Hartland, Devon, UK.

Population

Inhabitants of Plozévet are called in French Plozévetiens.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,541	—
1975	3,249	−1.22%
1982	3,102	−0.66%
1990	2,838	−1.11%
1999	2,748	−0.36%
2007	2,921	+0.77%
2012	2,972	+0.35%
2017	2,967	−0.03%
Source: INSEE

Geography

Plozevet is a seaside town located 24 km (15 mi) west of Quimper. Historically it belongs to Cornouaille and Pays Bigouden.

Map

Topographic map.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 23 November 2007.

In 2008, 17.70% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• The wreck of the Droits de l'Homme, 1797

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)