Penvénan Perwenan | |
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.jpg) Notre-Dame du Port-Blanc | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Penvénan | |
  Penvénan  Penvénan | |
| Coordinates:48°48′44″N3°17′37″W / 48.8122°N 3.2936°W /48.8122; -3.2936 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Lannion |
| Canton | Tréguier |
| Intercommunality | Lannion-Trégor Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Denise Prud'homm[1] |
Area 1 | 19.84 km2 (7.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,548 |
| • Density | 128.4/km2 (332.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22166 /22710 |
| Elevation | 0–92 m (0–302 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Penvénan (French pronunciation:[pɛnvenɑ̃]ⓘ;Breton:Perwenan) is acommune in theCôtes-d'Armordepartment ofBrittany in northwesternFrance.
Inhabitants of Penvénan are calledpenvénannais in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2,508 | — |
| 1975 | 2,614 | +0.59% |
| 1982 | 2,450 | −0.92% |
| 1990 | 2,489 | +0.20% |
| 1999 | 2,434 | −0.25% |
| 2007 | 2,580 | +0.73% |
| 2012 | 2,589 | +0.07% |
| 2017 | 2,538 | −0.40% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
The town itself is inland, but the commune is best known for coastal hamlets of Buguélès and Port-Blanc, popular tourist spots from the late 19th century, and formers homes ofAnatole Le Braz andThéodore Botrel.Charles Lindbergh,Aldous Huxley andAlexis Carrel also lived there for periods. Lindbergh lived on the island ofÎle Illiec of Buguélès, which he owned. Buguélès is also the location of the annualPardon ofSaint Gildas, a significant religious festival, and of the "sunken" chapel of Notre-Dame. A group of islands are off the coast, notably the Isle of Saint Gildas, containing a chapel from the 9th century.
The municipality launched a linguistic plan throughYa d'ar brezhoneg on 16 January 2007.
In 2008, 19.93% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.[4]
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