Plescop

Plescop (French pronunciation: [plɛskɔp]; Breton: Pleskob) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3]

Plescop Pleskob
Commune
The Chapel of Our Lady of Lézurgan, in Plescop
Coat of arms
Location of Plescop
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Coordinates: 47°41′59″N 2°48′17″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Vannes-2
Intercommunality	Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Loïc Le Trionnaire[1]
Area 1	23.35 km2 (9.02 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	6,200
• Density	270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56158 /56890
Elevation	17–67 m (56–220 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 Plescop are called in French Plescopais.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 849 —     1806 802 −0.44% 1821 1,005 +1.52% 1831 1,005 +0.00% 1836 920 −1.75% 1841 933 +0.28% 1846 1,013 +1.66% 1851 1,042 +0.57% 1856 988 −1.06% 1861 1,015 +0.54% 1866 1,149 +2.51% 1872 1,116 −0.48% 1876 1,173 +1.25% 1881 1,236 +1.05% 1886 1,242 +0.10% 1891 1,246 +0.06% 1896 1,229 −0.27% 1901 1,137 −1.54%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,147 +0.18% 1911 1,100 −0.83% 1921 1,064 −0.33% 1926 1,050 −0.26% 1931 948 −2.02% 1936 1,007 +1.21% 1946 1,046 +0.38% 1954 1,030 −0.19% 1962 1,089 +0.70% 1968 1,209 +1.76% 1975 1,857 +6.32% 1982 2,678 +5.37% 1990 2,966 +1.28% 1999 3,671 +2.40% 2009 4,679 +2.46% 2014 5,647 +3.83% 2020 6,182 +1.52%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2020)[5]

Map

Topographic map

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 28 January 2005.

In 2008, 11.45% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department