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Ploumoguer (; ) is a
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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.
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Population

Inhabitants of Ploumoguer are called in French ''Ploumoguérois''.


Notable people

* Jean Causeur - 1643–1771, butcher who was said to have lived to 131 years of age. Modern scrutiny of his birth records reveal that he was probably born in around 1665, making his age of death around 109 years, still an exceptional age for his time.L.-L. B. Petersen and B. Jeune, ISSN 0909-119X , Odense, 2003; http://www.demogr.mpg.de/books/odense/6/03.htm


See also

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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
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