Plouvien

Plouvien
Commune
The parish church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Plouvien
Plouvien Location within France Plouvien Location within Brittany
Coordinates: 48°31′49″N 4°27′06″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Plabennec
Intercommunality	Pays des Abers
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Oldani
Area 1	33.70 km2 (13.01 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	3,968
• Density	117.7/km2 (305.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29209 /29860
Elevation	0–89 m (0–292 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plouvien (French pronunciation: [pluvjɛ̃]; Breton: Plouvien) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The journalist and writer Jean Bothorel was born in Plouvien on 12 May 1940.

Population

Inhabitants of Plouvien are called in French Plouviennois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,291	—
1975	2,431	+0.85%
1982	2,779	+1.93%
1990	2,886	+0.47%
1999	3,187	+1.11%
2007	3,601	+1.54%
2012	3,708	+0.59%
2017	3,766	+0.31%
2023	3,968	+0.87%
Source: INSEE

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 24 May 2007.

In 2008, 7.54% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent

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)