Plounévézel

Plounévézel
Plonevell
Old houses of Kergroas
Old houses of Kergroas
Coat of arms of Plounévézel
Location of Plounévézel
Plounévézel is located in France
Plounévézel
Plounévézel
Plounévézel is located in Brittany
Plounévézel
Plounévézel
Coordinates: 48°17′41″N 3°35′33″W / 48.2947°N 3.5925°W / 48.2947; -3.5925
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementChâteaulin
CantonCarhaix-Plouguer
IntercommunalityPoher
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Stéphane Cotty[1]
Area
1
24.42 km2 (9.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
1,153
 • Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29205 /29270
Elevation75–181 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.

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

Geography

Plounévézel is located in the east-central part of the Finistère department , in the historic region of Poher, northwest of Carhaix and southeast of the Monts d'Arrée and the Armorique Regional Natural Park.

The municipal boundaries are limited to the south and east by the Hyères (which separates it from Carhaix and Treffrin ), to the north-east by the Polan mill stream (which further downstream takes the name of Goaz ar Guelen stream), a right-bank tributary of the Hyères, which separates the commune from that of Carnoët (these two watercourses then also serving as a departmental boundary between the departments of Finistère and Côtes-d'Armor ), and to the west by the Dourcan stream, another right-bank tributary of the Hyères; their confluence at an altitude of 80 metres, at the level of the road bridge on the D 764 (former RN 764, now the Lorient-Roscoff axis , which runs along the western boundary of the commune), constitutes the lowest point of the commune, on a gentle slope facing south (the highest point, at an altitude of 164 metres, is located in the far north of the commune with Poullaouen, near Kerviolet. The town, in a relatively central location within the communal territory, is around 120 metres above sea level.

Population

Inhabitants of Plounévézel are called in French Plounévézelois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% 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[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

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 Plounévézel, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE