Bourg-Blanc

Bourg-Blanc Ar Vourc'h-Wenn
A general view of Bourg-Blanc A general view of Bourg-Blanc
Coat of arms of Bourg-Blanc Coat of arms
Bourg-Blanc
Location within Brittany region Bourg-Blanc
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Plabennec
Intercommunality	Plabennec et des Abers
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernard Gibergues
Area1	28.31 km2 (10.93 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	3,268
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	29015 / 29860
Elevation	25–98 m (82–322 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bourg-Blanc (Breton: Ar Vourc'h-Wenn) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Bourg-Blanc are called Blanc-Bourgeois in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,444	—
1800	1,561	+8.1%
1806	1,617	+3.6%
1821	1,746	+8.0%
1831	1,729	−1.0%
1836	1,768	+2.3%
1841	1,831	+3.6%
1846	1,841	+0.5%
1851	1,920	+4.3%
1856	1,867	−2.8%
1861	1,848	−1.0%
1866	1,824	−1.3%
1872	1,761	−3.5%
1876	1,808	+2.7%
1881	1,826	+1.0%
1886	1,767	−3.2%
1891	1,708	−3.3%
1896	1,666	−2.5%
1901	1,684	+1.1%
1906	1,712	+1.7%
1911	1,762	+2.9%
1921	1,610	−8.6%
1926	1,593	−1.1%
1931	1,626	+2.1%
1936	1,651	+1.5%
1946	1,699	+2.9%
1954	1,675	−1.4%
1962	1,682	+0.4%
1968	1,784	+6.1%
1975	2,290	+28.4%
1982	2,659	+16.1%
1990	2,971	+11.7%
1999	3,077	+3.6%
2008	3,268	+6.2%

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• List of the works of the Maître de Thégonnec

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French);

External links

• Official website (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Bourg-Blanc (French)