Brignogan-Plage
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Commune of Brignogan-Plage |
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| Brignogan | ||
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| Brignogan | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Bretagne | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Lesneven | |
| Intercommunality | C.C. du Pays de Lesneven et de la Côte des Légendes | |
| Mayor | Yvonne Abiven (?-2008) |
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| Elevation | 0 m–25 m | |
| Land area¹ | 3.60 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
849 | |
| - Density | 236/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 29021/ 29890 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Brignogan-Plage (or simply Brignogan; sometimes spelled Brignogan-Plages) (Breton: Brignogan) is a coastal town in the Finistère département, Brittany, France.
Brignogan is 32 kilometers from Brest. Submarine telegraph cables between Cornwall and France came ashore at Brignogan.
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[edit] Demographics
Inhabitants of Brignogan-Plage are called Brignoganais.
As of the census of 1999, the village has a population of 849.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Mayors of Finistère Association (French);
- INSEE (English);
- IGN (English)
[edit] External link
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