Plozévet

Commune in Brittany, France

Plozévet Plozeved
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Plozévet
(2020–2026)		Gilles Kerezeon^[1]
Area ¹	27.18 km² (10.49 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,940
• Density	110/km² (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29215 /29710
Elevation	0–97 m (0–318 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plozévet (Breton: Plozeved) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Plozévet is twinned with the village of Hartland, Devon, UK.

Population

Inhabitants of Plozévet are called in French Plozévetiens.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,541	—
1975	3,249	−1.22%
1982	3,102	−0.66%
1990	2,838	−1.11%
1999	2,748	−0.36%
2007	2,921	+0.77%
2012	2,972	+0.35%
2017	2,967	−0.03%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Geography

Plozevet is a seaside town located 24 km (15 mi) west of Quimper. Historically it belongs to Cornouaille and Pays Bigouden.

Map

Topographic map.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 23 November 2007.

In 2008, 17.70% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plozévet.

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)