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Plouhinec

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commune in Finistère, France

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Plouhinec is a commune in the Finistère department of France, situated within the arrondissement of Quimper and the Communauté de communes Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz. It is part of the canton of Douarnenez and shares borders with Mahalon, Plozévet, Pont-Croix, and Audierne. The commune has an area of 28.05 square kilometers and an elevation above sea level of 104 meters.

The population of Plouhinec is 5,792, comprising 1,899 males and 2,076 females. The residents are known as Plouhinecois and Plouhinecoises. The postal code for the area is 29780, and it operates in the Europe/Paris timezone.

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Place details

Locality
Plouhinec
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Population
4,428
Timezone
Europe/Paris

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Air quality

34US AQIGood
PM2.5
6.0 µg/m³
PM10
10.0 µg/m³
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Key facts

Country
France
Region
Brittany
Department
Finistère
Arrondissement
Quimper
Canton
Douarnenez
Intercommunality
Cap Sizun - Pointe du Raz
Mayor 2020 2026
Yvan Moullec
Area
28.05 km (10.83 sq mi)
Population 2023
3,919
Density
139.7/km (361.9/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Insee postal code
29197 /29780
Elevation
0–104 m (0–341 ft)

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Encyclopedic overview

Plouhinec ( French pronunciation: [pluinɛk]; Breton: Ploeneg) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

The commune lies on the road from Pont-l'Abbé to Audierne.

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

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