Le Pouliguen

Le Pouliguen
Ar Poulgwenn
Commune
Port et promenade du Pouliguen

Coat of arms
Le Pouliguen
Location within Pays de la Loire region
Le Pouliguen
Coordinates: 47°16′40″N 2°25′45″W / 47.2778°N 2.4292°W / 47.2778; -2.4292Coordinates: 47°16′40″N 2°25′45″W / 47.2778°N 2.4292°W / 47.2778; -2.4292
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Saint-Nazaire
Canton La Baule-Escoublac
Intercommunality Cap Atlantique
Government
  Mayor (2008–2014) Yves Lainé
Area1 4.39 km2 (1.69 sq mi)
Population (2006[1])2 5,308
  Density 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
  Urban 70,248
Demonym(s) Pouliguennais, Pouliguennaise
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 44135 /44510
Elevation 0–23 m (0–75 ft)
Website http://www.lepouliguen.fr/

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.

Le Pouliguen (French pronunciation: [lə puliɡɛ̃]; Breton: Ar Poulgwenn) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

See also

It is twinned with a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales called Llantwit Major.

References

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