Plouzané

Plouzané Plouzane
Commune
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Coat of arms
Location of Plouzané
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Coordinates: 48°22′59″N 4°37′08″W / 48.3831°N 4.6189°W / 48.3831; -4.6189
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Brest-3
Intercommunality	Brest Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yves Du Buit[1]
Area 1	33.14 km2 (12.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	13,473
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29212 /29280
Elevation	0–102 m (0–335 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The shores south of Plouzané are in a strategic location for the defense of the Goulet de Brest strait and were fortified by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. Defensive strongholds include Fort de Bertheaume, Fort du Mengant, and Fort du Dellec.

Inhabitants of Plouzané are called Plouzanéens in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,050 —     1800 2,325 +1.81% 1806 2,242 −0.60% 1821 2,175 −0.20% 1831 2,209 +0.16% 1836 2,341 +1.17% 1841 2,353 +0.10% 1846 2,370 +0.14% 1851 2,312 −0.49% 1856 1,977 −3.08% 1861 2,264 +2.75% 1866 2,240 −0.21% 1872 2,229 −0.08% 1876 2,293 +0.71% 1881 2,255 −0.33% 1886 2,326 +0.62% 1891 2,299 −0.23% 1896 2,267 −0.28%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,424 +1.35% 1906 2,401 −0.19% 1911 2,399 −0.02% 1921 2,132 −1.17% 1926 2,206 +0.68% 1931 2,104 −0.94% 1936 2,166 +0.58% 1946 2,075 −0.43% 1954 2,172 +0.57% 1962 2,026 −0.87% 1968 3,002 +6.77% 1975 5,167 +8.07% 1982 8,845 +7.98% 1990 11,400 +3.22% 1999 12,045 +0.61% 2007 11,745 −0.31% 2012 12,005 +0.44% 2017 12,822 +1.33%
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

In 2008, 4.09% of primary-school children attended Breton/French bilingual schools.^[5] The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 15 December 2008.

Plouzané has twinning arrangements with:

• Kilrush, Ireland
• Pencoed, United Kingdom
• Stelle, Germany
• Ceccano, Italy

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Phare du Petit Minou

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plouzané.

• 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)

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