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Rosporden

Rosporden
Rosporden
Commune
Rosporden pond; parish church of Notre-Dame.
Rosporden pond; parish church of Notre-Dame.
Coat of arms of Rosporden
Coat of arms
Location of Rosporden
Map
Rosporden is located in France
Rosporden
Rosporden
Rosporden is located in Brittany
Rosporden
Rosporden
Coordinates: 47°57′41″N 3°50′01″W / 47.9614°N 3.8336°W / 47.9614; -3.8336
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonConcarneau
IntercommunalityConcarneau Cornouaille Agglomération
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Michel Loussouarn[1]
Area
1
57.37 km2 (22.15 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
7,580
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29241 /29140
Elevation25–171 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.
Church of Our Lady of Rosporden

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.[4] The population data given in the table below for 1968 and earlier refer to the former commune of Rosporden, without Kernével.

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% 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[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Commune de Rosporden (29241), INSEE
  4. ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0153, 30 June 1974, p. 6900.
  5. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rosporden, EHESS (in French).
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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