Plouguin (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
It lies northwest of Brest, about from the English Channel in the far west of the Leon peninsula.
Population Inhabitants of Plouguin are called in French Plouguinois.
Saint Winwaloe Plouguin is considered to have been (about 460) the birthplace of Saint Winwaloe, and his supposed place of birth, a feudal hillock, is still pointed out.
International relations Plouguin is twinned with the town of Newport in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
See also Communes of the Finistère department
References
External links
Official website
Mayors of Finistère Association