Brignogan-Plages
Brignogan-Plages
Brignogan | |
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Part of Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages | |
The beach at Brignogan-Plages | |
Location of Brignogan-Plages | |
| Coordinates: 48°39′55″N 4°19′29″W / 48.6653°N 4.3247°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Brest |
| Canton | Lesneven |
| Commune | Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages |
Area 1 | 3.60 km2 (1.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 752 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 29890 |
| Elevation | 0–25 m (0–82 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Brignogan-Plages (or simply Brignogan) (French pronunciation: [bʁiɲogɑ̃ plaʒ]; Breton: Brignogan) is a former commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages.
Brignogan is 32 kilometres from Brest. Submarine telegraph cables between Cornwall and France came ashore at Brignogan.