Poullaouen

Poullaouen Poullaouen
Commune
A general view of Poullaouen
Coat of arms
Location of Poullaouen
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Coordinates: 48°20′27″N 3°38′29″W / 48.3408°N 3.6414°W / 48.3408; -3.6414
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Carhaix-Plouguer
Intercommunality	Poher
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Goubil[1]
Area ^1	88.56 km^2 (34.19 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,466
• Density	16.55/km^2 (42.87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29227 /29246
Elevation	69–218 m (226–715 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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]

Population

Inhabitants of Poullaouen are called in French Poullaouenais.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
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

External links

• Official website
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)