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{{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name = Polruan panorama (2025).jpg | static_image_caption = Polruan viewed across the river from Fowey | country = England | map_type = Cornwall | coordinates = {{coord|50.3273|-4.6333|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Polruan | cornish_name = Porthruwon | population = | civil_parish = [[Lanteglos-by-Fowey]] | unitary_england = [[Cornwall Council|Cornwall]] | lieutenancy_england = [[Cornwall]] | region = South West England | constituency_westminster = [[South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|South East Cornwall]] | post_town = FOWEY | postcode_district = PL23 | postcode_area = PL | dial_code = 01726 | os_grid_reference = SX126508 }} '''Polruan''' ({{langx|kw|Porthruwon}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Akademi Kernewek - Henwyn Tyller |url=https://www.akademikernewek.org.uk/place-names |access-date=10 February 2025 |archive-date=29 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429200933/https://www.akademikernewek.org.uk/place-names/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is a coastal village in the parish of [[Lanteglos-by-Fowey]] in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is bounded on three sides by water: to the north by [[Pont Creek]], to the west by the [[River Fowey]] and to the south by the [[English Channel]] and neighbouring village [[Bodinnick]] to the north, connected by a 4-mile walk along the hill tops.<ref name="BerryDixon2008">{{cite book|last1=Berry|first1=Oliver|last2=Dixon|first2=Belinda|title=Devon, Cornwall & Southwest England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tqpP0B-Hg7IC&pg=PA269|access-date=30 December 2010|date=15 February 2008|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-873-5|page=269}}</ref> Polruan is very steep and well protected from the prevailing winds and Polruan Pool is a haven for small boats. The population of Polruan was 534 in the 2021 census.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/cornwall/E63006972__polruan/ |title = City population: Polruan}}</ref>
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