Port-Launay

Port-Launay Meilh-ar-Wern
Commune
Port-Launay and the river Aulne
Location of Port-Launay
Port-Launay Port-Launay
Coordinates: 48°12′59″N 4°04′10″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Crozon
Intercommunality	Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gaël Calvar
Area 1	2.00 km2 (0.77 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	404
• Density	202/km2 (523/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29222 /29150
Elevation	2–86 m (6.6–282.2 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Port-Launay (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ lonɛ]; Breton: Meilh-ar-Wern) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Port-Launay are called in French Port-Launistes.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1841	778	—
1846	858	+1.98%
1851	926	+1.54%
1856	898	−0.61%
1861	944	+1.00%
1866	1,329	+7.08%
1872	1,140	−2.52%
1876	1,115	−0.55%
1881	1,115	+0.00%
1886	1,147	+0.57%
1891	1,062	−1.53%
1896	1,063	+0.02%
1901	1,006	−1.10%
1906	1,069	+1.22%
1911	953	−2.27%
1921	829	−1.38%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1926	800	−0.71%
1931	700	−2.64%
1936	668	−0.93%
1946	756	+1.25%
1954	616	−2.53%
1962	648	+0.64%
1968	599	−1.30%
1975	543	−1.39%
1982	505	−1.03%
1990	395	−3.02%
1999	464	+1.80%
2007	476	+0.32%
2012	422	−2.38%
2017	391	−1.51%
2023	404	+0.55%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Parc naturel régional d'Armorique

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)