Pouldreuzic
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Pouldreuzic
Pouldreuzig | |
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 The chapel and calvary of Our Lady of Penhors | |
Location of Pouldreuzic  | |
  Pouldreuzic  Pouldreuzic | |
| Coordinates: 47°57′21″N 4°21′33″W / 47.9558°N 4.3592°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Quimper |
| Canton | Plonéour-Lanvern |
| Intercommunality | Haut-Pays Bigouden |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Ronarc'h[1] |
| Area 1 | 16.75 km2 (6.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,143 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29225 /29710 |
| Elevation | 2–91 m (6.6–298.6 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Pouldreuzic (French pronunciation: [puldʁøzik]; Breton: Pouldreuzig, [pulˈdrøːzik]) is a commune in the Finistère department, Brittany, northwestern France.
The writer Pêr-Jakez Helias was born and lived here; the "Maison de Pierre-Jakez Hélias" is now a museum: an early 20th-century house illustrating the writer's daily life.
There are historic churches of St Faron and Lababan and the chapel of Our Lady of Penhors. Also in the commune is the Musée de l'Amiral.
Population
[edit]Inhabitants of Pouldreuzic are called in French Pouldreuzicois.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,232 | — |
| 1975 | 2,141 | −0.59% |
| 1982 | 2,024 | −0.80% |
| 1990 | 1,854 | −1.09% |
| 1999 | 1,814 | −0.24% |
| 2007 | 1,820 | +0.04% |
| 2012 | 2,087 | +2.78% |
| 2017 | 2,156 | +0.65% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Media related to Pouldreuzic at Wikimedia Commons
- 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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