Rosporden

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

Rosporden Rosporden
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Rosporden
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Coordinates: 47°57′41″N 3°50′01″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Concarneau
Intercommunality	Concarneau-Cornouaille
Government
• Mayor (2016 - ?)	Michel Loussouarn
Area ^1	57.37 km^2 (22.15 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	7,671
• Density	130/km^2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29241 /29140
Elevation	25–171 m (82–561 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Church of Our Lady of Rosporden

The small city specializes in the manufacture of "chouchen", a version of mead native to Brittany, and is known as the Capital of Chouchen.

Population

Inhabitants of Rosporden are called in French Rospordinois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	749	—
1800	765	+2.1%
1806	768	+0.4%
1821	867	+12.9%
1831	927	+6.9%
1836	1,006	+8.5%
1841	1,033	+2.7%
1846	1,048	+1.5%
1851	1,186	+13.2%
1856	1,229	+3.6%
1861	1,242	+1.1%
1866	1,284	+3.4%
1872	1,213	−5.5%
1876	1,325	+9.2%
1881	1,539	+16.2%
1886	1,742	+13.2%
1891	1,847	+6.0%
1896	2,069	+12.0%
1901	2,197	+6.2%
1906	2,360	+7.4%
1911	2,450	+3.8%
1921	2,386	−2.6%
1926	2,438	+2.2%
1931	2,464	+1.1%
1936	2,594	+5.3%
1946	2,887	+11.3%
1954	2,876	−0.4%
1962	3,416	+18.8%
1968	3,378	−1.1%
1975	7,082	+109.7%
1982	6,735	−4.9%
1990	6,485	−3.7%
1999	6,442	−0.7%
2008	7,026	+9.1%

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

• INSEE

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)

External links

• Official website (in French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Rosporden (in French)