Plouguin | |
Native Name: | Plougin |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Plouguin 29.svg |
Coordinates: | 48.5253°N -4.6°W |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 82 |
Insee: | 29196 |
Postal Code: | 29830 |
Arrondissement: | Brest |
Canton: | Plabennec |
Mayor: | Roger Talarmain[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Area Km2: | 31.02 |
Plouguin (pronounced as /fr/; br|Plougin) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
It lies 20km (10miles) northwest of Brest, about 7km (04miles) from the English Channel in the far west of the Leon peninsula.
Inhabitants of Plouguin are called in French Plouguinois.
Plouguin is considered to have been (about 460) the birthplace of Saint Winwaloe, and his supposed place of birth, a feudal hillock, is still pointed out.
Plouguin is twinned with the town of Newport in Pembrokeshire, Wales.