- Plogoff
French commune
nomcommune=Plogoff
native_name=Plougoñ
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insee=29168
cp=29770
région=Bretagne
département=Finistère
arrondissement=Quimper
canton=Pont-Croix
maire=Jean Vichon
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Cap-Sizun
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date-dens=1999|Plogoff (Plougoñ in Breton) is a commune in the
Finistère department inBretagne in northwesternFrance .It contains three small ports suitable for very small vessels: Pors-Loubous, Feunten-Aod and Bestrée. The local industries include tourism, traditional biscuitery, agriculture and fishing.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Plogoff are called "Plogoffistes".
Nuclear plant project
In the early 1970's, Plogoff was proposed by the French state power company,
EDF , as a site for anuclear power plant . Local residents blocked access to the site in 1976, with renewed protests in 1978 and 1979.In 1980, the national government and EDF attempted to fulfill their statutory obligations to allow the project to proceed by displaying the public utility inquiry documents in the local "mairie" or city hall. Local officials burned the documents and refused to allow replacement documents to be displayed. In response, the national government set up mobile "mairies annexes" to display the documents in town centers. These "mairies annexes" became the focus of the protest movement. For 45 days, the riot police (
CRS ), the military police (gendarmerie) and some parachutists (EPIGN ) guarded the "mairies annexes" while coming under attack from the protesters.Once the obligation to display the documents had been met and the documents were withdrawn, the protesters occupied the proposed site of the facility.
In 1981
François Mitterrand was electedPresident of France . Mitterrand carried out his campaign promise to cancel the project.ee also
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Communes of the Finistère department
*Affaire de Plogoff for the french article on the nuclear project.Gallery
External links
* [http://www.plogoff-pointeduraz.com/index-gb.htm Official website] en icon
* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=INSEE&VALUE_98=29168 French Ministry of Culture list for Plogoff] fr icon
* [http://www10.antenna.nl/wise/index.html?http://www10.antenna.nl/wise/499-500/4934.html Bretons against Plogoff nuclear plant] en icon
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