Pipriac
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Pipriac Preperieg |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Redon | |
| Canton | Redon | |
| Community association | Redon agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 49 ′ N , 1 ° 57 ′ W | |
| height | 14-98 m | |
| surface | 48.65 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,745 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 77 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35550 | |
| INSEE code | 35219 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-pipriac.fr/ | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) by Pipriac |
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Pipriac ( Breton : Presperieg ) is a French municipality with 3745 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Redon and the Canton of Redon . The inhabitants are called Pipriatain (e) s .
geography
Pipriac lies on the Canut River . Pipriac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Maure-de-Bretagne in the north, Lieuron in the northeast, Guipry-Messac with Guipry in the east, Saint-Ganton in the southeast, Saint-Just in the south and southwest, Bruc-sur-Aff in the west and Saint- Séglin in the northwest.
Pipriac is on the former Route National 777 . It had a remote station on the Châteaubriant – Ploërmel railway line .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2804 | 2848 | 2669 | 2669 | 2772 | 2912 | 3182 | 3745 |
Attractions
- Saint-Nicolas church
Parish partnership
There is a partnership with the British community of Whitland in Camarthenshire, Wales .
Personalities
- Jean Brito (around 1415–1484), typographer, so-called Breton Gutenberg
- Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty (1916-2004), Bishop of Pontoise
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 1040-1049.
