Ploumoguer

Ploumoguer
Ploñger
Commune
The town hall in Ploumoguer

Coat of arms
Ploumoguer
Location within Brittany region
Ploumoguer
Coordinates: 48°24′12″N 4°43′19″W / 48.4033°N 4.7219°W / 48.4033; -4.7219Coordinates: 48°24′12″N 4°43′19″W / 48.4033°N 4.7219°W / 48.4033; -4.7219
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Brest
Canton Saint-Renan
Intercommunality Pays d'Iroise
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Didier Pluvinage
Area1 38.93 km2 (15.03 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 1,919
 • Density 49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 29201 /29810
Elevation 0–141 m (0–463 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.

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

Population

Inhabitants of Ploumoguer are called in French Ploumoguérois.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18811,470—    
19011,884+28.2%
19111,938+2.9%
19261,853−4.4%
19361,724−7.0%
19461,707−1.0%
19541,648−3.5%
19621,562−5.2%
19681,475−5.6%
19751,361−7.7%
19821,560+14.6%
19901,602+2.7%
19991,646+2.7%
20081,919+16.6%

Notable people

  • Jean Causeur - 1643-1771, butcher who was said to have lived to 131 years of age. Modern scrutiny of his birth records reveal that he was probably born in around 1665, making his age of death around 109 years, still an exceptional age for his time.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ L.-L. B. Petersen and B. Jeune, ISBN 87-7838-466-4 ISSN 0909-119X , Odense, 2003; http://www.demogr.mpg.de/books/odense/6/03.htm
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