Plouzané

Plouzané
Plouzané; Plouzane
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Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Brest-Plouzané
Intercommunality	Brest Métropole Océane
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernard Rioual
Area1	33.14 km2 (12.80 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	11,662
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	29212 / 29280
Elevation	0–102 m (0–335 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.

Plouzané (Breton: Plouzane) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

History

The shores south of Plouzané are in a strategic location for the defense of the Goulet de Brest and were fortified by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. Defensive strongholds include Fort de Bertheaume, Fort du Mengant, and Fort du Dellec.

Population

Inhabitants of Plouzané are called in French Plouzanéens.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,050	—
1800	2,325	+13.4%
1806	2,242	−3.6%
1821	2,175	−3.0%
1831	2,209	+1.6%
1836	2,341	+6.0%
1841	2,353	+0.5%
1846	2,370	+0.7%
1851	2,312	−2.4%
1856	1,977	−14.5%
1861	2,264	+14.5%
1866	2,240	−1.1%
1872	2,229	−0.5%
1876	2,293	+2.9%
1881	2,255	−1.7%
1886	2,326	+3.1%
1891	2,299	−1.2%
1896	2,267	−1.4%
1901	2,424	+6.9%
1906	2,401	−0.9%
1911	2,399	−0.1%
1921	2,132	−11.1%
1926	2,206	+3.5%
1931	2,104	−4.6%
1936	2,166	+2.9%
1946	2,075	−4.2%
1954	2,172	+4.7%
1962	2,026	−6.7%
1968	3,002	+48.2%
1975	5,167	+72.1%
1982	8,845	+71.2%
1990	11,400	+28.9%
1999	12,054	+5.7%
2008	11,662	−3.3%

Breton language

In 2008, 4.09% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.^[1] The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 15 December 2008.