Plounévézel

Plounévézel (French pronunciation: [plunevezɛl]; Breton: Plonevell) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Plounévézel Plonevell
Commune
Old houses of Kergroas
Coat of arms
Location of Plounévézel
Plounévézel Plounévézel
Coordinates: 48°17′41″N 3°35′33″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Carhaix-Plouguer
Intercommunality	Poher
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Cotty
Area 1	24.42 km2 (9.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,163
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29205 /29270
Elevation	75–181 m (246–594 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Plounévézel are called in French Plounévézelois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 916 —     1800 958 +0.64% 1806 983 +0.43% 1821 855 −0.93% 1831 975 +1.32% 1836 1,076 +1.99% 1841 1,041 −0.66% 1846 1,070 +0.55% 1851 1,072 +0.04% 1856 1,024 −0.91% 1861 1,030 +0.12% 1866 988 −0.83% 1872 1,039 +0.84% 1876 1,074 +0.83% 1881 1,081 +0.13% 1886 1,111 +0.55% 1891 1,254 +2.45% 1896 1,284 +0.47%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,299 +0.23% 1906 1,269 −0.47% 1911 1,259 −0.16% 1921 1,298 +0.31% 1926 1,201 −1.54% 1931 1,098 −1.78% 1936 1,018 −1.50% 1946 1,007 −0.11% 1954 845 −2.17% 1962 760 −1.32% 1968 658 −2.37% 1975 714 +1.17% 1982 829 +2.16% 1990 1,017 +2.59% 1999 1,015 −0.02% 2007 1,093 +0.93% 2012 1,204 +1.95% 2017 1,227 +0.38%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

External links

• 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)