Plougasnou

Plougasnou

*Plouganoù*
Plougasnou Plouganoù
Commune
	The church of Saint-Pierre, in Plougasnou
	Coat of arms
	Location of Plougasnou
	Plougasnou Plougasnou
	Coordinates: 48°41′47″N 3°47′17″W / 48.6964°N 3.7881°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Plouigneau
Intercommunality	Morlaix Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nathalie Bernard
Area 1	33.94 km2 (13.10 sq mi)
Population (2022)	3,035
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29188 /29630
Elevation	0–94 m (0–308 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plougasnou (French pronunciation: [pluɡanu]; Breton: Plouganoù) is a commune in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France, located about 75 kilometres east of Brest. Plougasnou is northeast of the town of Plouezoc'h, north of Lanmeur and west of Saint-Jean-du-Doigt. It had a population of 3,197 inhabitants in 2016. Inhabitants of Plougasnou are called Plouganistes.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	4,959	—
1800	3,103	−6.48%
1806	3,106	+0.02%
1821	3,029	−0.17%
1831	3,827	+2.37%
1836	3,790	−0.19%
1841	3,817	+0.14%
1846	4,003	+0.96%
1851	3,735	−1.38%
1856	3,650	−0.46%
1861	3,261	−2.23%
1866	3,868	+3.47%
1872	3,876	+0.03%
1876	3,786	−0.59%
1881	3,723	−0.34%
1886	3,709	−0.08%
1891	3,805	+0.51%
1896	3,644	−0.86%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	3,700	+0.31%
1906	3,843	+0.76%
1911	3,997	+0.79%
1921	3,968	−0.07%
1926	3,767	−1.03%
1931	3,677	−0.48%
1936	3,687	+0.05%
1946	3,683	−0.01%
1954	3,350	−1.18%
1962	3,536	+0.68%
1968	3,422	−0.54%
1975	3,368	−0.23%
1982	3,432	+0.27%
1990	3,530	+0.35%
1999	3,393	−0.44%
2007	3,217	−0.66%
2012	3,107	−0.69%
2017	2,776	−2.23%