Rosporden

Commune in Brittany, France

Rosporden Rosporden
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Rosporden
(2020–2026)		Michel Loussouarn^[1]
Area ¹	57.37 km² (22.15 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	7,609
• Density	130/km² (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29241 /29140
Elevation	25–171 m (82–561 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rosporden (French pronunciation: [ʁɔspɔʁdɛ̃]; Breton: Rosporden) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3] Rosporden station has rail connections to Quimper, Lorient and Vannes.

The small city specializes in the manufacture of "chouchen", a version of mead native to Brittany, and is known as the Capital of Chouchen.

Population

Inhabitants of Rosporden are called in French Rospordinois. In 1974 Rosporden absorbed the former commune of Kernével.^[3] The population data given in the table below for 1968 and earlier refer to the former commune of Rosporden, without Kernével.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	749	—
1800	765	+0.30%
1806	768	+0.07%
1821	867	+0.81%
1831	927	+0.67%
1836	1,006	+1.65%
1841	1,033	+0.53%
1846	1,048	+0.29%
1851	1,186	+2.50%
1856	1,229	+0.71%
1861	1,242	+0.21%
1866	1,284	+0.67%
1872	1,213	−0.94%
1876	1,325	+2.23%
1881	1,539	+3.04%
1886	1,742	+2.51%
1891	1,847	+1.18%
1896	2,069	+2.30%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	2,197	+1.21%
1906	2,360	+1.44%
1911	2,450	+0.75%
1921	2,386	−0.26%
1926	2,438	+0.43%
1931	2,464	+0.21%
1936	2,594	+1.03%
1946	2,887	+1.08%
1954	2,876	−0.05%
1962	3,416	+2.17%
1968	3,378	−0.19%
1975	7,082	+11.15%
1982	6,735	−0.72%
1990	6,485	−0.47%
1999	6,441	−0.08%
2007	6,928	+0.92%
2012	7,435	+1.42%
2017	7,671	+0.63%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Commune de Rosporden (29241), INSEE
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rosporden, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rosporden.

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)