Rosporden (French pronunciation: ​[ʁɔspɔʁdɛ̃]; Breton: Rosporden) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.[2] Rosporden station has rail connections to Quimper, Lorient and Vannes.

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Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Rosporden
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Coordinates: 47°57′41″N 3°50′01″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Concarneau
Intercommunality	Concarneau-Cornouaille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Loussouarn
Area 1	57.37 km2 (22.15 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	7,614
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29241 /29140
Elevation	25–171 m (82–561 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The small city specializes in the manufacture of "chouchen", a version of mead native to Brittany, and is known as the Capital of Chouchen.

Population

Inhabitants of Rosporden are called in French Rospordinois. In 1974 Rosporden absorbed the former commune of Kernével.[2] The population data given in the table below for 1968 and earlier refer to the former commune of Rosporden, without Kernével.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rosporden.

• Official website (in French)
• 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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