Pluvigner
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Lorient | |
| Canton | Pluvigner (main town) | |
| Community association | Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 46 ′ N , 3 ° 1 ′ W | |
| height | 24-144 m | |
| surface | 82.83 km 2 | |
| Residents | 7,543 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 91 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56330 | |
| INSEE code | 56177 | |
| Website | www.pluvigner.fr | |
Pluvigner ( Pleuwigner in Breton ) is a French municipality with 7543 inhabitants (1 January 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the arrondissement of Lorient and is the main town (chief lieu) of the canton of Pluvigner .
geography
Pluvigner is located in a wooded area on the western edge of the Landes de Lanvaux . To the north of the municipality are the Forêt de Camors and the Forêt de Floranges ; a total of around 17% of the almost 83 km² Pluvigner area is forested. The area is a hilly landscape rising from southwest to northeast, the highest point of which is Le Soucho , which reaches up to 144 m above sea level . The place is eleven kilometers north of Auray and 16 kilometers south of Baud on the route Départementale D 768. Pluvigner had a railway connection on the Auray – Pontivy railway ; this was abandoned in 1951 for passenger traffic, and in 1981 the station building was also torn down.
Neighboring municipalities are (clockwise, starting in the southeast) Brech , Landaul , Landévant , Camors and Brandivy .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1846 | 1901 | 1931 | 1946 | 1962 | 1975 | 1990 | 2006 |
| Residents | 4,480 | 4,756 | 5,254 | 5,410 | 5,256 | 4,602 | 4,537 | 4,872 | 6.315 |
Swell:
economy
In addition to agricultural and forestry operations, there are two major commercial employers: Hill-Rom , a manufacturer of hospital supplies (beds, hospital furniture) with several hundred employees, and Bretagne Chrome .
Sights and events
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Pluvigner
In and around Pluvigner, especially in Talhouët , you can find ancient dolmen burial mounds (tumuli) , steles and tombs, as well as a large number of chapels from the 15th to 17th centuries, as well as three castles from the 16th to 18th centuries, the Châteaux from Kerlois, Keronic and Rimaison. Saint-Guigner is a 16th century church with a large wall fountain.
In the summer the municipality hosts night markets and in mid-August a Breton festival (fest-noz) .
Sports
There are clubs for rugby (Pluvigner RC) , volleyball (CO Pluvigner) and football (AS Pluvigner and Keriolets de Pluvigner) , whose first teams currently (early 2011) only compete in the lower regional leagues. The men of the Keriolets, who were then playing in the seventh-highest league, managed to advance to the national main round in the 2006 French soccer cup .
Town twinning
Pluvigner has partnered with the Irish community of Cahersiveen .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 714-721.
Web links
- Pluvigner commune (French)
Evidence and Notes
- ↑ before 1962 according to Cassini , from 1962 according to INSEE
- ↑ see the company's website ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
