Plouigneau
Plouigno
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The town hall in Plouigneau
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Plouigneau  | |
  Plouigneau Show map of France  Plouigneau Show map of Brittany | |
| Coordinates: 48°34′06″N 3°42′00″W / 48.5683°N 3.7000°W / 48.5683; -3.7000 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix |
| Canton | Plouigneau |
| Intercommunality | Morlaix Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Joëlle Huon[1] |
| Area
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| 64.82 km2 (25.03 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[2]
| 5,057 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
29199 /29610
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| Elevation | 17–201 m (56–659 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Plouigneau (French pronunciation: [pluiɲo]; Breton: Plouigno) is a commune in the Finistère departmentofBrittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2019 the commune of Le Ponthou was merged into Plouigneau.[3]
Inhabitants of Plouigneau are called in French Ignaciens.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,971 | — |
| 1975 | 3,280 | +1.42% |
| 1982 | 3,726 | +1.84% |
| 1990 | 4,150 | +1.36% |
| 1999 | 4,252 | +0.27% |
| 2007 | 4,657 | +1.14% |
| 2012 | 4,985 | +1.37% |
| 2017 | 5,083 | +0.39% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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Communes nouvelles of the Finistère department
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| Arrondissement of Brest |
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| Arrondissement of Châteaulin |
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| Arrondissement of Morlaix |
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| Arrondissement of Quimper |
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