Névez

Névez Nevez
Névez
Location within Brittany region  Névez
Administration
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Pont-Aven
Intercommunality	Concarneau-Cornouaille
Mayor	Gérard Martin (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–48 m (0–157 ft)
Land area1	25.37 km2 (9.80 sq mi)
Population2	2,679  (2008)
- Density	106 /km2 (270 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	29153/ 29920
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.

Coordinates: 47°49′13″N 3°47′28″W / 47.8203°N 3.7911°W / 47.8203; -3.7911

Névez (Breton: Nevez) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Nevez means "new" in Breton. The name is thought to have arisen when Trégunc was split in two, creating a new parish.

Population

Inhabitants of Névez are called in French Névéziens.

Historical population of Névez

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
1560	1638	1355	1487	1450	1923	1836	2040	2073	2084

1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
2111	2221	2174	2344	2454	2487	2605	2660	2818	2922

1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
3203	3039	3140	3220	3214	3046	3160	3127	3111	2895

1982	1990	1999	2008
2700	2574	2486	2679

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French)

External links

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