Pluvigner

Pluvigner
Pluvigner ; Pleuwigner
	Commune
	The town hall in Pluvigner
	Coat of arms
	Location of Pluvigner
	Pluvigner Pluvigner
	Coordinates: 47°46′00″N 3°01′00″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Pluvigner
Intercommunality	Pays d'Auray
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Diane Hingray[1]
Area 1	82.83 km2 (31.98 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[2]	7,543
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56177 /56330
Elevation	17–146 m (56–479 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pluvigner (Breton: Pleuwigner) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Pluvigner are called in French Pluvignois.

At the 1999 census, the town had a population of 5,428. In 2007 the estimated population was 7,072.[3]

Town centre

At the centre of Pluvigner is L'Eglise St Guigner, near which two main squares form the principal shopping district. There are three bakeries, two butchers, clothes shops, a post office, a florist and three bars in the centre. A Super U and Lidl supermarket can be found on the outskirts. There is also a sports complex with football and rugby pitches, tennis courts and a gym.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on November the 9th of 2006.

In 2008, there was 9,66% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.[4]

Twin towns

The town is twinned with Cahirciveen, County Kerry, Ireland since 1984.[5][6]

References

"Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
"Pluvigner website". Archived from the original on 2008-11-09. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
(in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
Association Bretagne-Irlande (in French)
O’Sullivan, Kathy (June 9, 2005). "Women with a mission bring image of Kerry life to France". Irish Independent. A COMPREHENSIVE pictorial representation of modern rural life in South West Kerry, currently on display in the library in Cahersiveen, will travel to France later this month to go on display in Pluvigner, Cahersiveen’s Breton twin.

INSEE commune file

External links

Official website (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)

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[1] "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.

[2] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[3] "Pluvigner website". Archived from the original on 2008-11-09. Retrieved 2008-10-17.

[4] (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

[5] Association Bretagne-Irlande (in French)

[6] O’Sullivan, Kathy (June 9, 2005). "Women with a mission bring image of Kerry life to France". Irish Independent. A COMPREHENSIVE pictorial representation of modern rural life in South West Kerry, currently on display in the library in Cahersiveen, will travel to France later this month to go on display in Pluvigner, Cahersiveen’s Breton twin.