Pleyben (French pronunciation: [plɛbɛ̃] ; Breton : Pleiben) is a commune in the Châteaulin arrondissement of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The calvary in the churchyard dates from 1555.
Inhabitants of Pleyben are called in French Pleybennois.
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