Plougasnou

Plougasnou Plouganoù
The church of Saint-Pierre, in Plougasnou The church of Saint-Pierre, in Plougasnou
Coat of arms of Plougasnou Coat of arms
Plougasnou
Location within Brittany region Plougasnou
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Lanmeur
Intercommunality	Morlaix
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Nathalie Bernard
Area1	33.94 km2 (13.10 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	3,231
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	29188 / 29630
Elevation	0–94 m (0–308 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Plougasnou (Breton: Plouganoù) is a commune in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France, located about 75 kilometres east of Brest. Plougasnou is northeast of the town of Plouezoc'h, north of Lanmeur and west of Saint-Jean-du-Doigt. With a population of 3,197 inhabitants (2016), it is the most populous commune in the canton of Lanmeur in the arrondissement of Morlaix. Inhabitants of Plougasnou are called Plouganistes.

Population

Historical population of Plougasnou

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	4959	3103	3106	3029	3827	3790	3817	4003	3735	3650

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
Population	3261	3868	3876	3786	3723	3709	3805	3644	3700	3843

Year	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
Population	3997	3968	3767	3677	3687	3683	3350	3536	3422	3368

Year	1990	1999	2008
Population	3530	3393	3231

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French)

External links

• Official website (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Plougasnou (French)