| Plouvien | ||
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The parish church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul
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| Coordinates: 48°31′49″N 4°27′06″W / 48.5303°N 4.4517°WCoordinates: 48°31′49″N 4°27′06″W / 48.5303°N 4.4517°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Plabennec | |
| Intercommunality | Plabennec et des Abers | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Christian Calvez | |
| Area1 | 33.70 km2 (13.01 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 3,654 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29209 /29860 | |
| Elevation | 0–89 m (0–292 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Plouvien is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. the journalist and writer Jean Bothorel was born in Plouvien 12 May 1940.
Inhabitants of Plouvien are called in French Plouviennois.
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on May 24, 2007.
In 2008, 7.54% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.