Pluneret
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Pluneret Plunered |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Lorient | |
| Canton | Auray | |
| Community association | Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 41 ′ N , 2 ° 57 ′ W | |
| height | 0-59 m | |
| surface | 26.2 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,722 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 218 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56400 | |
| INSEE code | 56176 | |
| Website | http://www.pluneret.fr/ | |
 Watermill on the Bono |
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Pluneret ( Breton Plunered ) is a French municipality with 5722 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . Pluneret is part of the Lorient arrondissement and the canton of Auray . The inhabitants are called Plunerétaine (s) .
geography
Pluneret is separated from the municipality of Auray to the west by the Auray River . Pluneret is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Plumergat and Sainte-Anne-d'Auray in the north, Plougoumelen in the east, Bono in the south (also separated by the Bono River ), Crach in the southwest, Auray in the west and Brech in the northwest.
Route Nationale 165 runs through the municipality .
history
Until 1950, the town of Sainte-Anne was part of the municipality, which then became independent as Sainte-Anne-d'Auray .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 1,578 | 1,630 | 1,871 | 2,333 | 3,195 | 3.714 | 4,554 | 5,223 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Pluneret
- Dolmen of Kervingu, Monument historique since 1969
- Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church
- Chapel Sainte-Avoye, built in the 16th century, Monument historique since 1932 (partly as early as 1907 and 1944), restored in 2004 and 2006
- 16th century stone cross on the Route de Tormor , Monument historique since 1937
- Kerisper Castle, built in the 16th, rebuilt in the 20th century
- Kermadio Castle from the 18th century
- Watermill
- railway station
Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church
Kervingu dolmen
Sainte-Anne train station
Personalities
- Octave Mireau (1848–1917), writer, lived in Kerisper Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 90-93.
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