Pleyben

Commune in Brittany, France

Pleyben Pleiben
Commune
Parish close
Coat of arms
Location of Pleyben
(2020–2026)		Amélie Caro^[1]
Area ¹	76.04 km² (29.36 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,605
• Density	47/km² (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29162 /29190
Elevation	14–176 m (46–577 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pleyben (French pronunciation: [plɛbɛ̃]; Breton: Pleiben) 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.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	3,676	—
1800	4,014	+1.26%
1806	4,019	+0.02%
1821	4,040	+0.03%
1831	4,508	+1.10%
1836	4,635	+0.56%
1841	4,672	+0.16%
1846	5,010	+1.41%
1851	4,901	−0.44%
1856	4,897	−0.02%
1861	5,164	+1.07%
1866	5,289	+0.48%
1872	4,908	−1.24%
1876	5,227	+1.59%
1881	5,327	+0.38%
1886	5,324	−0.01%
1891	5,683	+1.31%
1896	5,617	−0.23%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	5,579	−0.14%
1906	5,643	+0.23%
1911	5,541	−0.36%
1921	4,955	−1.11%
1926	5,012	+0.23%
1931	4,579	−1.79%
1936	4,562	−0.07%
1946	4,575	+0.03%
1954	3,998	−1.67%
1962	3,840	−0.50%
1968	3,713	−0.56%
1975	3,477	−0.93%
1982	3,491	+0.06%
1990	3,446	−0.16%
1999	3,397	−0.16%
2007	3,630	+0.83%
2012	3,684	+0.30%
2017	3,627	−0.31%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pleyben, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

Saint-Germain Church,
Left side of porch
Saint-Germain Church,
Right side of porch
Saint-Germain Church,
Nave and choir
Saint-Germain Church,
Stained-glass windows of the choir
Saint-Germain Church,
Retable of the Rosary
Saint-Germain Church,
The great organs

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pleyben.

Tourism website [1]
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)