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Brignogan-Plages
Sign in to saveBrignogan-Plages (or simply Brignogan) (; ) is a former commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages.
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Brignogan-Plages is a former commune in the Finistère department of France, situated within the arrondissement of Brest. It was located in the Brittany region and bordered the communes of Kerlouan and Plounéour-Trez. The area covered 3.6 square kilometers, with an elevation of 25 meters above sea level. Its residents were known as Brignoganais and Brignoganaises.
The commune had a population of 1,978 and used the postal code 29890. It was part of the canton of Lesneven. Brignogan-Plages was dissolved on December 31, 2016, and replaced by the new commune of Plounéour-Brignogan-plages.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Brignogan-Plages is referenced by 15 other articles, and connects out to France, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
Vinony files it under Commons link from Wikidata, Former communes of Finistère and Seaside resorts in France.
Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.
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cached 7h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 897
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Brignogan-Plages
- French commune.native name
- Brignogan
- French commune.image
- 55050157.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The beach at Brignogan-Plages
- French commune.INSEE
- 29021
- French commune.postal code
- 29890
- French commune.arrondissement
- Brest
- French commune.canton
- Lesneven
- French commune.commune
- Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 25
- French commune.area km2
- 3.60
- French commune.population
- 752
- French commune.population date
- 2022
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Brignogan
- Demonym
- Brignoganaises
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Plounéour-Brignogan-plages
- Population
- 732
- Area
- 3.6
- Elevation
- 9
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Plounéour-Trez
- Image
- 55050157.JPG
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- Commons category
- Brignogan-Plages
- postal code
- 29890
- Commons gallery
- Brignogan-Plages
- replaced by
- Plounéour-Brignogan-plages
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2016-12-31
- native label
- Brignogan
- associated electoral district
- canton of Lesneven
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- See also
- References
- External links
Brignogan-Plages (or simply Brignogan) (; ) is a former commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages.
Brignogan is 32 kilometres from Brest. Submarine telegraph cables between Cornwall and France came ashore at Brignogan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brignogan-Plages” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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