Plounévézel

Commune in Brittany, France

Plounévézel Plonevell
Commune
Old houses of Kergroas
Coat of arms
Location of Plounévézel
(2020–2026)		Stéphane Cotty^[1]
Area ¹	24.42 km² (9.43 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,163
• Density	48/km² (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29205 /29270
Elevation	75–181 m (246–594 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plounévézel (French pronunciation: [plunevezɛl]; Breton: Plonevell) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Plounévézel are called in French Plounévézelois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	916	—
1800	958	+0.64%
1806	983	+0.43%
1821	855	−0.93%
1831	975	+1.32%
1836	1,076	+1.99%
1841	1,041	−0.66%
1846	1,070	+0.55%
1851	1,072	+0.04%
1856	1,024	−0.91%
1861	1,030	+0.12%
1866	988	−0.83%
1872	1,039	+0.84%
1876	1,074	+0.83%
1881	1,081	+0.13%
1886	1,111	+0.55%
1891	1,254	+2.45%
1896	1,284	+0.47%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,299	+0.23%
1906	1,269	−0.47%
1911	1,259	−0.16%
1921	1,298	+0.31%
1926	1,201	−1.54%
1931	1,098	−1.78%
1936	1,018	−1.50%
1946	1,007	−0.11%
1954	845	−2.17%
1962	760	−1.32%
1968	658	−2.37%
1975	714	+1.17%
1982	829	+2.16%
1990	1,017	+2.59%
1999	1,015	−0.02%
2007	1,093	+0.93%
2012	1,204	+1.95%
2017	1,227	+0.38%

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 Plounévézel, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plounévézel.

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)