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Plouvien (; br, Plouvien) is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the
Finistère Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.
department of
Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
in north-western France. The journalist and writer
Jean Bothorel Jean Bothorel (12 May 1940) is a French journalist and the author of many books. He is a former editor at ''Le Figaro''. He was the 1993 winner of the Prix Goncourt de la Biographie. Career Bothorel is a journalist. He first worked for ''L'Expans ...
was born in Plouvien on 12 May 1940.


Population

Inhabitants of Plouvien are called in French ''Plouviennois''.


Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through
Ya d'ar brezhoneg (french: Oui au breton, en, Yes to Breton) is a campaign started in the 21st century by the ( en, Office of the Breton language) to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language in daily life in Brittany, northwestern France. Breton is a ...
on 24 May 2007. In 2008, 7.54% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''
''Enseignement bilingue''
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See also

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Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistère department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent


References


External links


Official website
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Mayors of Finistère Association
Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub