Ploujean

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Manoir de Suscinio, Ploujean

Ploujean is a former commune of Finistère which is part of Morlaix since February 1959. [1]

The church was built in the 15th century. It has been listed as a Monument historique since 1914 by the French Ministry of Culture, [2] and its organ, built by Thomas Dallam II in the 17th century, has been listed since 1992. [3]

It is the birthplace of the Breton poets Tristan Corbière and Olivier Souvestre [4] (1835–1871). It is also the place where Gabriel Pierné died in 1937.

The population was 3,142 at the 1954 census. [5]

Morlaix's airport, in Ploujean, is Morlaix – Ploujean Airport. Brit Air, a regional airline and Air France subsidiary, was headquartered by the airport in Ploujean. [6] In 2013 the airline merged into HOP!. [7]

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References

  1. Modifications aux circonscriptions territoriales de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0044, 21 February 1959, pp. 2219-2220.
  2. Base Mérimée : Ploujean church and cemetery , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  3. Base Palissy : Ploujean organ , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  4. (in French) Olivier Souvetre, French Wikipedia. Retrieved on 25 September 2010.
  5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ploujean , EHESS (in French).
  6. (in French) Address Archived 2010-01-23 at the Wayback Machine , Brit Air. Retrieved on 21 May 2009.
  7. "Air France Launches New Low-Cost Airline 'Hop!' Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today ." Reuters . 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.

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