Penvénan

Penvénan Perwenan
Notre-Dame du Port-Blanc
Coat of arms
Penvénan
Location within Brittany region Penvénan
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Lannion
Canton	Tréguier
Intercommunality	Trois Rivières
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Michel Deniau
Area1	19.84 km2 (7.66 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	2,617
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	22166 / 22710
Elevation	0–92 m (0–302 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.

Penvénan (Breton: Perwenan) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,465	—
1968	2,508	+1.7%
1975	2,614	+4.2%
1982	2,450	−6.3%
1990	2,489	+1.6%
1999	2,434	−2.2%
2008	2,617	+7.5%

Inhabitants of Penvénan are called penvénannais in French.

Port-Blanc and islands

The town itself is inland, but the commune is best known for the coastal hamlet of Port-Blanc, a popular tourist location from the late 19th century, and former home of Anatole Le Braz and Théodore Botrel. Charles Lindbergh, Aldous Huxley and Alexis Carrel also lived there for periods. Lindbergh lived on the island of Île Illiec, which he owned. Port-Blanc is also the location of the annual Pardon of Saint Gildas, a significant religious festival, and of the "sunken" chapel of Notre-Dame. A group of islands are off the coast, notably the Isle of Saint Gildas, containing a chapel from the 9th century.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on January 16, 2007.

In 2008, 19.93% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Penvénan (French)