Pleyben

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Pleyben
Pleiben
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Coordinates: 48°13′36″N3°58′05″W / 48.2267°N 3.9681°W / 48.2267; -3.9681
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Châteaulin
Canton Briec
Intercommunality Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Amélie Caro [1]
Area
1
76.04 km2 (29.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
3,605
  Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29162 /29190
Elevation14–176 m (46–577 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

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Population

Inhabitants of Pleyben are called in French Pleybennois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 3,676    
1800 4,014+1.26%
1806 4,019+0.02%
1821 4,040+0.03%
1831 4,508+1.10%
1836 4,635+0.56%
1841 4,672+0.16%
1846 5,010+1.41%
1851 4,901−0.44%
1856 4,897−0.02%
1861 5,164+1.07%
1866 5,289+0.48%
1872 4,908−1.24%
1876 5,227+1.59%
1881 5,327+0.38%
1886 5,324−0.01%
1891 5,683+1.31%
1896 5,617−0.23%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 5,579−0.14%
1906 5,643+0.23%
1911 5,541−0.36%
1921 4,955−1.11%
1926 5,012+0.23%
1931 4,579−1.79%
1936 4,562−0.07%
1946 4,575+0.03%
1954 3,998−1.67%
1962 3,840−0.50%
1968 3,713−0.56%
1975 3,477−0.93%
1982 3,491+0.06%
1990 3,446−0.16%
1999 3,397−0.16%
2007 3,630+0.83%
2012 3,684+0.30%
2017 3,627−0.31%
Source: EHESS [3] and INSEE (1968–2017) [4]

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Roland Doré was a 17th-century sculptor and his workshop or "atelier" produced many sculptures for the enclos paroissiaux or "parish church enclosure or closes" of Brittany. In particular his work can be seen on calvaries and in the church's south porch. He was born in 1616 and died in 1660. Little detail of his life is known but it is recorded that he practised as an architect in Landerneau, as well as running his workshop, and was recorded as calling himself the "Sculpteur du Roi". His works, all of an ecclesiastical nature, are mainly located in Léon and the north of Cornouaille. They can be taken as works by Doré's workshop rather than just by Doré himself. Brittany is particularly rich in calvaries, some of a very elaborate nature. In most cases the calvary involves both the crucifixion cross and side crosses or gibbets bearing the good and the bad robbers. Below this, on the crosspieces, were statues of those present at the crucifixion. A feature of Breton calvaries is that most of the statues were carved as a pair and effectively back to back. Doré's output was prodigious and he worked on nine monuments in Saint-Thégonnec, five in Logonna-Daoulas and four in the parish of Plougastel-Daoulas. He also received four commissions to work in Hanvec, three in Guiclan, Irvillac and Lampaul-Guimiliau and two commissions in Cléden-Cap-Sizun, Hôpital-Camfrout, Landerneau, La Martyre, Plabennec, Pleyben, Plogonnec, Saint-Nic, Saint-Servais and Saint-Urbain.

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pleyben, EHESS (in French).
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE