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Rosporden
Rosporden | |
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![]() Rosporden pond; parish church of Notre-Dame. | |
Coordinates: 47°57′41″N 3°50′01″W / 47.9614°N 3.8336°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Finistère |
Arrondissement | Quimper |
Canton | Concarneau |
Intercommunality | Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Loussouarn[1] |
Area 1 | 57.37 km2 (22.15 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 7,609 |
• Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 29241 /29140 |
Elevation | 25–171 m (82–561 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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Rosporden (French pronunciation: [ʁɔspɔʁdɛ̃]; Breton: Rosporden) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.[3] Rosporden station has rail connections to Quimper, Lorient and Vannes.
The small city specializes in the manufacture of "chouchen", a version of mead native to Brittany, and is known as the Capital of Chouchen.
Population
[edit]Inhabitants of Rosporden are called in French Rospordinois. In 1974 Rosporden absorbed the former commune of Kernével.[3] The population data given in the table below for 1968 and earlier refer to the former commune of Rosporden, without Kernével.
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b Commune de Rosporden (29241), INSEE
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rosporden, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rosporden.
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)