Plouzané

Plouzané
Plouzané ; Plouzane
	Commune
	Petit Minou Lighthouse
	Coat of arms
	Location of Plouzané
	Plouzané Plouzané
	Coordinates: 48°22′59″N 4°37′08″W / 48.3831°N 4.6189°WCoordinates: 48°22′59″N 4°37′08″W / 48.3831°N 4.6189°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Brest-3
Intercommunality	Brest Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernard Rioual
Area 1	33.14 km2 (12.80 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)	12,822
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29212 /29280
Elevation	0–102 m (0–335 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plouzané (Breton: Plouzane) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

HistoryEdit

The shores south of Plouzané are in a strategic location for the defense of the Goulet de Brest strait and were fortified by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. Defensive strongholds include Fort de Bertheaume, Fort du Mengant, and Fort du Dellec.

PopulationEdit

Inhabitants of Plouzané are called Plouzanéens in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,050	—
1800	2,325	+13.4%
1806	2,242	−3.6%
1821	2,175	−3.0%
1831	2,209	+1.6%
1836	2,341	+6.0%
1841	2,353	+0.5%
1846	2,370	+0.7%
1851	2,312	−2.4%
1856	1,977	−14.5%
1861	2,264	+14.5%
1866	2,240	−1.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1872	2,229	−0.5%
1876	2,293	+2.9%
1881	2,255	−1.7%
1886	2,326	+3.1%
1891	2,299	−1.2%
1896	2,267	−1.4%
1901	2,424	+6.9%
1906	2,401	−0.9%
1911	2,399	−0.1%
1921	2,132	−11.1%
1926	2,206	+3.5%
1931	2,104	−4.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
1936	2,166	+2.9%
1946	2,075	−4.2%
1954	2,172	+4.7%
1962	2,026	−6.7%
1968	3,002	+48.2%
1975	5,167	+72.1%
1982	8,845	+71.2%
1990	11,400	+28.9%
1999	12,054	+5.7%
2008	11,662	−3.3%
2011	11,928	+2.3%
2016	12,763	+7.0%

Breton languageEdit

In 2008, 4.09% of primary-school children attended Breton/French bilingual schools.^[2] The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 15 December 2008.