Ploujean
Ploujean is a former commune of Finistère which is part of Morlaix since February 1959.[1]
The church was built in the 15th century. It has been listed as a Monument historique since 1914 by the French Ministry of Culture,[2] and its organ, built by Thomas Dallam II in the 17th century, has been listed since 1992.[3]
It is the birthplace of the Breton poets Tristan Corbière and Olivier Souvestre[4] (1835–1871). It is also the place where Gabriel Pierné died in 1937.
The population was 3,142 at the 1954 census.[5]
Morlaix's airport, in Ploujean, is Morlaix – Ploujean Airport. Brit Air, a regional airline and Air France subsidiary, was headquartered by the airport in Ploujean.[6] In 2013 the airline merged into HOP!.[7]
References
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- ↑ Modifications aux circonscriptions territoriales de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0044, 21 February 1959, pp. 2219-2220.
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- ↑ Template:In lang Olivier Souvetre, French Wikipedia. Retrieved on 25 September 2010.
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- ↑ "Air France Launches New Low-Cost Airline 'Hop!' Script error: No such module "webarchive".." Reuters. 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.
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