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Commune in Brittany, France
Pleyben Pleiben
Commune
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Coordinates: 48°13′36″N 3°58′05″W / 48.2267°N 3.9681°W / 48.2267; -3.9681
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementChâteaulin
CantonBriec
IntercommunalityPleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Amélie Caro
Area76.04 km (29.36 sq mi)
Population3,649
 • Density48/km (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code29162 /29190
Elevation14–176 m (46–577 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pleyben (French pronunciation: [plɛbɛ̃]; Breton: Pleiben) is a commune in the Châteaulin arrondissement of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The calvary in the churchyard dates from 1555.

Population

Inhabitants of Pleyben are called in French Pleybennois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 3,676—    
1800 4,014+1.26%
1806 4,019+0.02%
1821 4,040+0.03%
1831 4,508+1.10%
1836 4,635+0.56%
1841 4,672+0.16%
1846 5,010+1.41%
1851 4,901−0.44%
1856 4,897−0.02%
1861 5,164+1.07%
1866 5,289+0.48%
1872 4,908−1.24%
1876 5,227+1.59%
1881 5,327+0.38%
1886 5,324−0.01%
1891 5,683+1.31%
1896 5,617−0.23%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 5,579−0.14%
1906 5,643+0.23%
1911 5,541−0.36%
1921 4,955−1.11%
1926 5,012+0.23%
1931 4,579−1.79%
1936 4,562−0.07%
1946 4,575+0.03%
1954 3,998−1.67%
1962 3,840−0.50%
1968 3,713−0.56%
1975 3,477−0.93%
1982 3,491+0.06%
1990 3,446−0.16%
1999 3,397−0.16%
2007 3,630+0.83%
2012 3,684+0.30%
2017 3,627−0.31%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2017)

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pleyben, EHESS (in French).
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  • Saint-Germain Church, Left side of porch Saint-Germain Church,
    Left side of porch
  • Saint-Germain Church, Right side of porch Saint-Germain Church,
    Right side of porch
  • Saint-Germain Church, Nave and choir Saint-Germain Church,
    Nave and choir
  • Saint-Germain Church, Stained-glass windows of the choir Saint-Germain Church,
    Stained-glass windows of the choir
  • Saint-Germain Church, Retable of the Rosary Saint-Germain Church,
    Retable of the Rosary
  • Saint-Germain Church, The great organs Saint-Germain Church,
    The great organs

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