Plougonver

Plougonver Plougonveur
Commune
The church of St. Pierre
Coat of arms
Location of Plougonver
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Coordinates: 48°29′07″N 3°22′38″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Callac
Intercommunality	Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Prigent[1]
Area ^1	35.72 km^2 (13.79 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	754
• Density	21/km^2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22216 /22810
Elevation	142–320 m (466–1,050 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plougonver (French pronunciation: [pluɡɔ̃vɛʁ]; Breton: Plougonveur) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

On Sunday 13 September 1942 a British Royal Air Force Bristol Blenheim bomber sustained damage from German flak during an air raid on Morlaix, Brittany. The bomber crashed in flames near the village of Kergus, 1 km south of Plougonver. Yvonne Coantiec, wife of Jean Coantiec the Mayor of Plougonver was told of the crash, attended the scene and assisted the crew, providing civilian clothes and shelter. The crew members eventually made good their escape to England via Nantes.

Yvonne Coantiec was questioned on several occasions by the Germans and was subsequently detained in St. Brieuc prison in March 1943 for assisting the airmen. She was transferred to Fresnes Prison south of Paris, then to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp in Northern Germany, and later to Mauthausen Labour Camp, Austria, infamous for its overcrowding and harsh regime. She died there in 1945, aged 45.

The Coantiec name lives on in Plougonver today. The Community Centre is named Jean Coantiec.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,374	—
1975	1,155	−2.45%
1982	998	−2.07%
1990	868	−1.73%
1999	768	−1.35%
2009	709	−0.80%
2014	736	+0.75%
2020	743	+0.16%
Source: INSEE[3]

Inhabitants of Plougonver are called plougonverois or plougonverrois in French.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)