Plouyé

Plouyé (French pronunciation: [pluje]; Breton: Plouie "Parish of Ia"^[3]) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

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Commune
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Location of Plouyé
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Coordinates: 48°18′58″N 3°44′11″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Carhaix-Plouguer
Intercommunality	Monts d'Arrée Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Grégory Le Guillou[1]
Area 1	37.55 km2 (14.50 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	669
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29211 /29690
Elevation	67–246 m (220–807 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 Plouyé are called in French Plouyéziens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,310 —     1800 1,753 +4.25% 1806 1,710 −0.41% 1821 1,580 −0.53% 1831 1,940 +2.07% 1836 1,990 +0.51% 1841 1,998 +0.08% 1846 2,028 +0.30% 1851 2,135 +1.03% 1856 2,040 −0.91% 1861 2,053 +0.13% 1866 2,071 +0.17% 1872 1,936 −1.12% 1876 1,989 +0.68% 1881 1,913 −0.78% 1886 1,972 +0.61% 1891 2,031 +0.59% 1896 2,086 +0.54%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,272 +1.72% 1906 2,243 −0.26% 1911 2,323 +0.70% 1921 2,223 −0.44% 1926 2,195 −0.25% 1931 1,960 −2.24% 1936 1,789 −1.81% 1946 1,670 −0.69% 1954 1,423 −1.98% 1962 1,241 −1.70% 1968 1,048 −2.78% 1975 958 −1.27% 1982 836 −1.93% 1990 726 −1.75% 1999 675 −0.81% 2007 718 +0.77% 2012 724 +0.17% 2017 674 −1.42%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department