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Plouvien (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The journalist and writer Jean Bothorel was born in Plouvien on 12 May 1940.

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Plouvien is a commune in the Finistère department of France, situated within the arrondissement of Brest and the communauté de communes du Pays des Abers. It lies in the Brittany region and shares borders with Bourg-Blanc, Coat-Méal, Kernilis, and Lannilis. The official name of the municipality is Plouvien, and its residents are referred to as Plouviennois and Plouviennoises.

The area of the commune is 33.7 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level recorded at 89 meters. Its postal code is 29860, and it is associated with the canton of Plabennec for electoral purposes. The population is listed as 3,968, comprising 1,961 males and 1,805 females.

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Place details

Locality
Plouvien
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Population
3,346
Timezone
Europe/Paris

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11.8 µg/m³
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Key facts

French commune.name
Plouvien
French commune.commune status
Commune
French commune.image
06 Plouvien L'église paroissiale.JPG
French commune.caption
The parish church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul
French commune.image coat of arms
Blason ville fr Plouvien (Finistère).svg
French commune.elevation min m
0
French commune.elevation max m
89
French commune.INSEE
29209
French commune.postal code
29860
French commune.arrondissement
Brest
French commune.canton
Plabennec
French commune.mayor
Hervé Oldani
French commune.term
2020–2026
French commune.intercommunality
Pays des Abers
French commune.area km2
33.70
French commune.image flag
Flag of Plouvien.gif

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Plouvien
Demonym
Plouviennoises
Country
France
Population
3968
Area
33.7
Elevation
54
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Lannilis
Official website
www.plouvien.fr
Image
06 Plouvien L'église paroissiale.JPG
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Commons category
Plouvien
postal code
29860
Commons gallery
Plouvien
associated electoral district
canton of Plabennec
male population
1961
female population
1805
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+33-2-98-40-91-16
fax number
+33-2-98-40-00-19
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Population
  • Breton language
  • See also
  • References
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Plouvien (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The journalist and writer Jean Bothorel was born in Plouvien on 12 May 1940.

==Population== Inhabitants of Plouvien are called in French Plouviennois.

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

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