Locmaria-Plouzané

Commune in Brittany, France

Locmaria-Plouzané Lokmaria-Plouzane
Commune
Porsmilin Beach, at Locmaria-Plouzané
Coat of arms
Location of Locmaria-Plouzané
(2020–2026)		Viviane Godebert^[1]
Area ¹	23.16 km² (8.94 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	5,138
• Density	220/km² (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29130 /29280
Elevation	0–107 m (0–351 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Locmaria-Plouzané (French pronunciation: [lɔkmaʁja pluzane]; Breton: Lokmaria-Plouzane) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Locmaria-Plouzané are called in French Lanvénécois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,971	—
1975	3,280	+1.42%
1982	3,726	+1.84%
1990	4,150	+1.36%
1999	4,252	+0.27%
2007	4,657	+1.14%
2012	4,985	+1.37%
2017	5,083	+0.39%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 20 June 2008.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Locmaria-Plouzané.

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)