Plouguin

Plouguin (French pronunciation: [pluɡɛ̃]; Breton: Plougin) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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Commune
The town hall in Plouguin
Coat of arms
Location of Plouguin
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Coordinates: 48°31′31″N 4°36′00″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Plabennec
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Roger Talarmain[1]
Area 1	31.02 km2 (11.98 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,236
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29196 /29830
Elevation	0–82 m (0–269 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It lies 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Brest, about 7 km (4.3 mi) from the English Channel in the far west of the Leon peninsula.

Population

Inhabitants of Plouguin are called in French Plouguinois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,418	—
1975	1,373	−0.46%
1982	1,920	+4.91%
1990	2,060	+0.88%
1999	1,955	−0.58%
2007	2,050	+0.59%
2012	2,121	+0.68%
2017	2,151	+0.28%
Source: INSEE[3]

Saint Winwaloe

Plouguin is considered to have been (about 460) the birthplace of Saint Winwaloe, and his supposed place of birth, a feudal hillock, is still pointed out.

International relations

Plouguin is twinned with the town of Newport in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department