Pluvigner
Pleuwigner | |
|---|---|
 The town hall in Pluvigner | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pluvigner | |
Pluvigner Pluvigner | |
| Coordinates: 47°46′00″N 3°01′00″W / 47.7667°N 3.0167°W / 47.7667; -3.0167 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Pluvigner |
| Intercommunality | Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Diane Hingray1 |
Area 1 | 82.83 km2 (31.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 7,682 |
| • Density | 92.74/km2 (240.2/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 (French pronunciation: [plyviɲe]; Breton: Pleuwigner) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.3
Demographics
Inhabitants of Pluvigner are called in French Pluvignois.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 4,494 | — |
| 1975 | 4,537 | +0.14% |
| 1982 | 4,725 | +0.58% |
| 1990 | 4,872 | +0.38% |
| 1999 | 5,428 | +1.21% |
| 2007 | 6,569 | +2.41% |
| 2012 | 7,212 | +1.89% |
| 2017 | 7,543 | +0.90% |
| 2023 | 7,682 | +0.30% |
| Source: INSEE4 | ||
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 9 November 2006.
In 2008, 9.66% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.5
Modern History
From 1687 to 1688, violence occurred in Pluvigner against the population of Caquins, supposed descendants of medieval lepers. The people of Pluvigner opposed the authorities who wanted to ban the custom preventing Caquins from burying their dead in the parish cemetery.6
The trève of Saint-Bieuzy, which depended under the Ancien Régime on the parish of Pluvigner, became a commune in 1793, but this was incorporated into that of Pluvigner before 1806.7
Twin towns
The town is twinned with Cahirciveen, County Kerry, Ireland 
since 1984.89
References
References
- "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
- "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: Enseignement bilingue
- Alain, Croix (1979). "L'histoire d'un trait de mentalité. Les caquins en Bretagne" [The story of a mental trait. The Caquins in Brittany]. Annales de Bretagne et des pays de l'Ouest (in French). 86 (4): 553–564.
- "Saint-Bieuzy". Notice Communale (in French).
- Association Bretagne-Irlande (in French)
- O’Sullivan, Kathy (9 June 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.
External links
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)