Rosporden (; ) is a

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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.

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in north-western

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.Commune de Rosporden (29241)
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", a version of mead native to Brittany, and is known as the Capital of Chouchen.

Population

Inhabitants of Rosporden are called in French ''Rospordinois''. In 1974 Rosporden absorbed the former commune of Kernével. The population data given in the table below for 1968 and earlier refer to the former commune of Rosporden, without Kernével.

Population

See also