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Plouguerneau (; ) is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the
Finistère Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.
department of
Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
in north-western
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.


International relations

The commune is twinned with a number of villages in South East
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,
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, including: * St Germans, UK *
Tideford Tideford (; kw, Resteudhi) is a small village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is twinned with Plouguerneau in Brittany, France. Its name derives from its location on the River Tiddy, literally meaning "Ford on the River Tiddy". ...
, UK


Population

Inhabitants of Plouguerneau are called in French ''Plouguernéens''.


Breton language

In 2008, 12.52% of primary-school children attended
bilingual schools Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all E ...
, where Breton language is taught alongside French. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''
''Enseignement bilingue''
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See also

*
Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistère department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Official website
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Mayors of Finistère Association
Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub