Plouguin

Plouguin Plougin
The town hall in Plouguin The town hall in Plouguin
Coat of arms of Plouguin Coat of arms
Plouguin
Location within Brittany region Plouguin
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Ploudalmézeau
Intercommunality	Plabennec et des Abers
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Roger Talarmain
Area1	31.02 km2 (11.98 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	2,074
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	29196 / 29830
Elevation	0–82 m (0–269 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.

Plouguin (Plougin in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

It lies 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Brest, about 7 km (4.3 mi) from the English Channel in the far west of the Leon peninsula.

Population

Inhabitants of Plouguin are called in French Plouguinois.

Saint Winwaloe

Plouguin is considered to have been (about 460) the birthplace of Saint Winwaloe, and his supposed place of birth, a feudal hillock, is still pointed out.

International relations

Plouguin is twinned with the town of Newport in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

• INSEE
• Mayors of Finistère Association (French)

External links

• Official website
• French Ministry of Culture list for Plouguin (French)
• Plouguin Website (French)