Plourin-lès-Morlaix
Appearance
Plourin-lès-Morlaix | |
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![]() Plourin Menhir : Once a milestone on the Roman road. | |
Coordinates: 48°32′07″N 3°47′22″W / 48.5353°N 3.7894°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Finistère |
Arrondissement | Morlaix |
Canton | Plouigneau |
Intercommunality | Morlaix Communauté |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Guy Pennec[1] |
Area 1 | 40.92 km2 (15.80 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 4,510 |
• Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 29207 /29600 |
Elevation | 8–242 m (26–794 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Plourin-lès-Morlaix (French pronunciation: [pluʁɛ̃ lɛ mɔʁlɛ], literally Plourin near Morlaix; Breton: Plourin-Montroulez) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It lies within the arrondissement of Morlaix.
Population[edit]
Inhabitants of Plourin-lès-Morlaix are called in French Plourinois.
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4] |
Sights[edit]
The church[edit]
The Notre Dame church dates back to the late 17th to early 18th century. The taxus tree next to the entrance is supposed to be one thousand years old.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Eglise_de_Plourin_L%C3%A8s_Morlaix.jpg/250px-Eglise_de_Plourin_L%C3%A8s_Morlaix.jpg)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Plourin-lès-Morlaix, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plourin-lès-Morlaix.
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)