Rosporden
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| Coordinates: 47°57′41″N 3°50′01″W / 47.9614°N 3.8336°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Quimper |
| Canton | Concarneau |
| Intercommunality | Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Loussouarn[1] |
| Area 1 | 57.37 km2 (22.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 7,609 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Rosporden (French pronunciation: [ʁɔspɔʁdɛ̃]; Breton: Rosporden) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.[3] Rosporden station has rail connections to Quimper, Lorient and Vannes.
The small city specializes in the manufacture of "chouchen", a version of mead native to Brittany, and is known as the Capital of Chouchen.
Inhabitants of Rosporden are called in French Rospordinois. In 1974 Rosporden absorbed the former commune of Kernével.[3] The population data given in the table below for 1968 and earlier refer to the former commune of Rosporden, without Kernével.
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