Plescop

Coordinates: 47°41′59″N 2°48′17″W / 47.6997°N 2.8047°W / 47.6997; -2.8047
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Plescop
Pleskob
The Chapel of Our Lady of Lézurgan, in Plescop
Coat of arms of Plescop
Location of Plescop
Map
Plescop is located in France
Plescop
Plescop
Plescop is located in Brittany
Plescop
Plescop
Coordinates: 47°41′59″N 2°48′17″W / 47.6997°N 2.8047°W / 47.6997; -2.8047
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentMorbihan
ArrondissementVannes
CantonVannes-2
IntercommunalityGolfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Loïc Le Trionnaire[1]
Area
1
23.35 km2 (9.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
6,225
 • Density270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
56158 /56890
Elevation17–67 m (56–220 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plescop (French pronunciation: [plɛskɔp]; Breton: Pleskob) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[3]

Population[edit]

Inhabitants of Plescop are called in French Plescopais.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 849—    
1806 802−0.44%
1821 1,005+1.52%
1831 1,005+0.00%
1836 920−1.75%
1841 933+0.28%
1846 1,013+1.66%
1851 1,042+0.57%
1856 988−1.06%
1861 1,015+0.54%
1866 1,149+2.51%
1872 1,116−0.48%
1876 1,173+1.25%
1881 1,236+1.05%
1886 1,242+0.10%
1891 1,246+0.06%
1896 1,229−0.27%
1901 1,137−1.54%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 1,147+0.18%
1911 1,100−0.83%
1921 1,064−0.33%
1926 1,050−0.26%
1931 948−2.02%
1936 1,007+1.21%
1946 1,046+0.38%
1954 1,030−0.19%
1962 1,089+0.70%
1968 1,209+1.76%
1975 1,857+6.32%
1982 2,678+5.37%
1990 2,966+1.28%
1999 3,671+2.40%
2009 4,679+2.46%
2014 5,647+3.83%
2020 6,182+1.52%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2020)[5]

Map[edit]

Topographic map

Breton language[edit]

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 28 January 2005.

In 2008, 11.45% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Plescop, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

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