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Pouldreuzic

Coordinates: 47°57′21″N 4°21′33″W / 47.9558°N 4.3592°W / 47.9558; -4.3592
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Pouldreuzic
Pouldreuzig
The chapel and calvary of Our Lady of Penhors
The chapel and calvary of Our Lady of Penhors
Location of Pouldreuzic
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Pouldreuzic is located in France
Pouldreuzic
Pouldreuzic
Pouldreuzic is located in Brittany
Pouldreuzic
Pouldreuzic
Coordinates: 47°57′21″N 4°21′33″W / 47.9558°N 4.3592°W / 47.9558; -4.3592
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonPlonéour-Lanvern
IntercommunalityHaut-Pays Bigouden
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Ronarc'h[1]
Area
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16.75 km2 (6.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,143
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29225 /29710
Elevation2–91 m (6.6–298.6 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pouldreuzic (French pronunciation: [puldʁøzik]; Breton: Pouldreuzig, [pulˈdrøːzik]) is a commune in the Finistère department, Brittany, northwestern France.

The writer Pêr-Jakez Helias was born and lived here; the "Maison de Pierre-Jakez Hélias" is now a museum: an early 20th-century house illustrating the writer's daily life.

The church of St Faron

There are historic churches of St Faron and Lababan and the chapel of Our Lady of Penhors. Also in the commune is the Musée de l'Amiral.

Population

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Inhabitants of Pouldreuzic are called in French Pouldreuzicois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,232—    
1975 2,141−0.59%
1982 2,024−0.80%
1990 1,854−1.09%
1999 1,814−0.24%
2007 1,820+0.04%
2012 2,087+2.78%
2017 2,156+0.65%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

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References

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  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" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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