Pleyben

Pleyben (French pronunciation: [plɛbɛ̃]; Breton: Pleiben) is a commune in the Châteaulin arrondissement of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The calvary in the churchyard dates from 1555.

Pleyben Pleiben
Commune
Parish close
Coat of arms
Location of Pleyben
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Coordinates: 48°13′36″N 3°58′05″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Briec
Intercommunality	Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Amélie Caro[1]
Area 1	76.04 km2 (29.36 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,649
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29162 /29190
Elevation	14–176 m (46–577 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 Pleyben are called in French Pleybennois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,676 —     1800 4,014 +1.26% 1806 4,019 +0.02% 1821 4,040 +0.03% 1831 4,508 +1.10% 1836 4,635 +0.56% 1841 4,672 +0.16% 1846 5,010 +1.41% 1851 4,901 −0.44% 1856 4,897 −0.02% 1861 5,164 +1.07% 1866 5,289 +0.48% 1872 4,908 −1.24% 1876 5,227 +1.59% 1881 5,327 +0.38% 1886 5,324 −0.01% 1891 5,683 +1.31% 1896 5,617 −0.23%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 5,579 −0.14% 1906 5,643 +0.23% 1911 5,541 −0.36% 1921 4,955 −1.11% 1926 5,012 +0.23% 1931 4,579 −1.79% 1936 4,562 −0.07% 1946 4,575 +0.03% 1954 3,998 −1.67% 1962 3,840 −0.50% 1968 3,713 −0.56% 1975 3,477 −0.93% 1982 3,491 +0.06% 1990 3,446 −0.16% 1999 3,397 −0.16% 2007 3,630 +0.83% 2012 3,684 +0.30% 2017 3,627 −0.31%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Parc naturel régional d'Armorique
• Yann Larhantec Sculptor "Croix de cimetière" in Pleyben
• Pleyben Parish close
• Roland Doré sculptor Sculptor of Pleyben calvary
• Calvary at Plougonven
• List of the works of the Maître de Thégonnec