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Plouénan (French pronunciation: ​[pluenɑ̃]; Breton: Plouenan) is both a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France and also a town within the commune.

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Commune
The town hall in Plouénan
Location of Plouénan
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Coordinates: 48°37′44″N 3°59′17″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Saint-Pol-de-Léon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Aline Chevaucher[1]
Area 1	30.64 km2 (11.83 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	2,535
• Density	83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29184 /29420
Elevation	0–88 m (0–289 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The commune includes the town of Plouénan and the hamlets of Kerlaudy, Pont-Éon, and Lopreden. It forms part of the Pays de Léon area.

Toponymy

The name of the area has appeared in a number of forms including Plebs Lapidea in 884, Plebs Menoen around 1150, Ploebenon in 1277, Plouenouven in 1279, Plebenoen in 1306, Ploe Benoan around 1330, Plebevenan in 1405, Ploebenan in 1467, Ploemenan in 1453, and Ploemenan in 1481.[3]

Plouénan comes from the Breton language word "ploe" meaning parish et Menoen, who was a Breton saint.[4]

Education

The town of Plouénan has two primary schools - one public and one private.

L’école Simone Veil[5] is the public school. The school was founded in 1816 and was, at the time, only open to boys. The school moved to its current site in 1906. In 1946, a parents' association[6] (L'Amicale Laïque[7]) was formed to raise funds for the school and children. At various points during the year, it holds events including the annual kermesse. In 2017, the school, then known simply as L'école Publique du Bourg, was renamed in honour of Simone Veil - the renaming ceremony took place on 24 June 2017.[8] In 2017/2018, the school welcomed 109 children. The school was in the first wave of schools to return to a four-day week pattern (with the school remaining closed on Wednesdays).[9]

L’école Notre Dame de Kérellon[10] is a private school aligned to the Catholic church. In 2015/2016, the school had 131 children.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,642	—
1999	2,381	−9.9%
2008	2,422	+1.7%
2019	2,535	+4.7%

Inhabitants of Plouénan are called in French Plouénanais. The official population figures are provided by the French statistical body INSEE. As of 2019^[update], the legal population was 2,535.[11]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)

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