Poullaouen (French pronunciation: [pulawɛn] ; Breton: Poullaouen) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Locmaria-Berrien was merged into Poullaouen.[3]

Poullaouen
Poullaouen
A general view of Poullaouen
A general view of Poullaouen
Coat of arms of Poullaouen
Location of Poullaouen
Map
Poullaouen is located in France
Poullaouen
Poullaouen
Poullaouen is located in Brittany
Poullaouen
Poullaouen
Coordinates: 48°20′27″N 3°38′29″W / 48.3408°N 3.6414°W / 48.3408; -3.6414
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementChâteaulin
CantonCarhaix-Plouguer
IntercommunalityPoher
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Didier Goubil[1]
Area
1
88.56 km2 (34.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,462
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29227 /29246
Elevation69–218 m (226–715 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population edit

Inhabitants of Poullaouen are called in French Poullaouenais.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 3,421—    
1800 3,611+0.78%
1806 3,355−1.22%
1821 3,142−0.44%
1831 3,544+1.21%
1836 3,685+0.78%
1841 3,700+0.08%
1846 3,733+0.18%
1851 3,723−0.05%
1856 3,662−0.33%
1861 3,720+0.31%
1866 3,380−1.90%
1872 3,158−1.13%
1876 3,176+0.14%
1881 2,966−1.36%
1886 3,172+1.35%
1891 3,220+0.30%
1896 3,232+0.07%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 3,353+0.74%
1906 3,468+0.68%
1911 3,640+0.97%
1921 3,635−0.01%
1926 3,640+0.03%
1931 3,434−1.16%
1936 3,316−0.70%
1946 3,016−0.94%
1954 2,586−1.90%
1962 2,327−1.31%
1968 2,075−1.89%
1975 1,793−2.07%
1982 1,731−0.50%
1990 1,574−1.18%
1999 1,498−0.55%
2007 1,385−0.98%
2012 1,371−0.20%
2017 1,265−1.60%
Populations for the area of the commune of Poullaouen at the given years, i.e. without the former commune of Locmaria-Berrien.
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (2007-2017)[5][6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2018 (in French)
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Poullaouen, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ "Populations légales 2012: Commune de Poullaouen (29227)". Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  6. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE

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