Plouigneau

Plouigneau Plouigno
Commune
The town hall in Plouigneau
Coat of arms
Location of Plouigneau
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Coordinates: 48°34′06″N 3°42′00″W / 48.5683°N 3.7000°W / 48.5683; -3.7000
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Plouigneau
Intercommunality	Morlaix Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joëlle Huon[1]
Area ^1	64.82 km^2 (25.03 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	5,014
• Density	77.35/km^2 (200.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29199 /29610
Elevation	17–201 m (56–659 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plouigneau (French pronunciation: [pluiɲo]; Breton: Plouigno) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2019 the commune of Le Ponthou was merged into Plouigneau.^[3]

Population

Inhabitants of Plouigneau are called in French Ignaciens. Population data refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2025.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,971	—
1975	3,280	+1.42%
1982	3,726	+1.84%
1990	4,150	+1.36%
1999	4,252	+0.27%
2007	4,657	+1.14%
2012	4,985	+1.37%
2017	5,083	+0.39%
2023	5,014	−0.23%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

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 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018 (in French)
4. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

External links

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