Plumergat
Appearance
Plumergat
Pluvergad | |
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The church of Saint-Thuriau, in Plumergat | |
Coordinates: 47°44′32″N 2°55′00″W / 47.7422°N 2.9167°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Lorient |
Canton | Auray |
Intercommunality | Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Sandrine Cadoret[1] |
Area 1 | 41.94 km2 (16.19 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 4,179 |
• Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 56175 /56400 |
Elevation | 17–88 m (56–289 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Plumergat (Breton: Pluvergad) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[3]
Geography
[edit]Plumergat is located 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Auray, 15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Vannes and 34 km (21 mi) east of Lorient. Plumergat is border by Sainte-Anne-d'Auray and Pluneret to the south. The village of Meriadec, which has 700 inhabitants, is divided in two between Pluneret and Plumergat.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,773 | — |
1975 | 1,961 | +1.45% |
1982 | 2,291 | +2.25% |
1990 | 2,449 | +0.84% |
1999 | 2,597 | +0.65% |
2007 | 3,232 | +2.77% |
2012 | 3,774 | +3.15% |
2017 | 4,112 | +1.73% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Inhabitants of Plumergat are called in French Plumergatais.
Breton language
[edit]In 2011, 6.6% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Situation de l’enseignement bilingue en 2011
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plumergat.
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)