Trégunc

Trégunc (French pronunciation: [tʁeɡœ̃]; Breton: Tregon) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany, western France.

Trégunc Tregon
Commune
The harbour of Trévignon
Location of Trégunc
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Coordinates: 47°51′23″N 3°51′02″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Moëlan-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Bellec
Area 1	50.61 km2 (19.54 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	7,148
• Density	141.2/km2 (365.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29293 /29910
Elevation	0–89 m (0–292 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Trégunc are called in French Trégunois or Tréguncois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,146	—
1800	2,522	+2.33%
1806	2,531	+0.06%
1821	2,782	+0.63%
1831	3,029	+0.85%
1836	3,086	+0.37%
1841	3,204	+0.75%
1846	3,462	+1.56%
1851	3,481	+0.11%
1856	3,540	+0.34%
1861	3,484	−0.32%
1866	3,528	+0.25%
1872	3,600	+0.34%
1876	3,697	+0.67%
1881	3,809	+0.60%
1886	3,860	+0.27%
1891	4,165	+1.53%
1896	4,470	+1.42%
1901	4,703	+1.02%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	4,848	+0.61%
1911	4,991	+0.58%
1921	4,763	−0.47%
1926	4,878	+0.48%
1931	4,675	−0.85%
1936	4,802	+0.54%
1946	4,889	+0.18%
1954	4,795	−0.24%
1962	5,002	+0.53%
1968	4,790	−0.72%
1975	5,155	+1.05%
1982	5,909	+1.97%
1990	6,130	+0.46%
1999	6,354	+0.40%
2007	6,751	+0.76%
2012	6,980	+0.67%
2017	7,041	+0.17%
2023	7,148	+0.25%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

Cultural heritage

• Saint-Philibert's chapel (Trégunc): 16th-century chapel.
• Château de Kerminaouet

Breton language

In 2008, 7.19% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.

Notable people

• Jeanne Boutbien, French-Senegalese swimmer, 2020 Summer Olympian

Gallery

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See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

External links

• 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)