Plouvien

Commune in Brittany, France

(2020–2026) Hervé Oldani^[1]Area33.70 km² (13.01 sq mi)Population3,892 • Density120/km² (300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation0–89 m (0–292 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plouvien (French pronunciation: [pluvjɛ̃]; Breton: 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.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,291	—
1975	2,431	+0.85%
1982	2,779	+1.93%
1990	2,886	+0.47%
1999	3,187	+1.11%
2007	3,601	+1.54%
2012	3,708	+0.59%
2017	3,766	+0.31%
Source: INSEE[3]

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 24 May 2007.

In 2008, 7.54% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent

References

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