Plumergat
Plumergat
Pluvergad | |
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.JPG) The church of Saint-Thuriau, in Plumergat | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Plumergat | |
  Plumergat  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 (2026–32) | Sandrine Cadoret[1] |
Area 1 | 41.94 km2 (16.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,207 |
| • Density | 100.3/km2 (259.8/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. |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 2023 | 4,207 | +0.38% |
| 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]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ INSEE commune file
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, 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)
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