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Also known as Pleiben

Pleyben (; ) is a commune in the Châteaulin arrondissement of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The calvary in the churchyard dates from 1555.

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Pleyben is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Pleyben, Finistère, and the arrondissement of Châteaulin. It serves as the capital of the canton of Pleyben and is part of the Communauté de communes de Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay. The municipality borders Brasparts, Lothey, Châteaulin, and Le Cloître-Pleyben. Its official name is Pleyben, and the residents are known as Pleybennois and Pleybennoises.

The area of the commune is 76.04 square kilometers. According to available data, the population is 3,956, comprising 1,825 males and 1,802 females. Another source lists the population as 3,938. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 176 meters in one dataset and 116 meters in another. The postal code for the region is 29190.

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Place details

Locality
Pleyben
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Population
3,938
Timezone
Europe/Paris

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Air quality

33US AQIGood
PM2.5
6.5 µg/m³
PM10
10.1 µg/m³
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Key facts

French commune.name
Pleyben
French commune.native name
Pleiben
French commune.commune status
Commune
French commune.image
FRANCE - Bretagne - Pleyben - Enclos paroissial (06-08-2004).JPG
French commune.caption
Parish close
French commune.image coat of arms
Blason ville fr Pleyben (29).svg
French commune.elevation min m
14
French commune.elevation max m
176
French commune.INSEE
29162
French commune.postal code
29190
French commune.arrondissement
Châteaulin
French commune.canton
Briec
French commune.mayor
Amélie Caro
French commune.term
2020–2026
French commune.intercommunality
Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
French commune.area km2
76.04

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Pleyben
Demonym
Pleybennoises
Country
France
Population
3649
Area
76.04
Elevation
107
Shares border with
Lopérec
Image
FRANCE - Bretagne - Pleyben - Enclos paroissial (06-08-2004).JPG
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Commons category
Pleyben
Commons gallery
Pleyben
postal code
29190
associated electoral district
canton of Briec
male population
1825
female population
1802
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+33-2-98-26-68-11
fax number
+33-2-98-26-38-99
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Encyclopedic overview

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Pleyben (; ) is a commune in the Châteaulin arrondissement of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The calvary in the churchyard dates from 1555.

==Population== Inhabitants of Pleyben are called in French Pleybennois.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pleyben” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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