Pluvigner
Pleuwigner | |
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 The town hall in Pluvigner | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Pluvigner  | |
  Pluvigner  Pluvigner | |
| Coordinates: 47°46′00″N 3°01′00″W / 47.7667°N 3.0167°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Pluvigner |
| Intercommunality | Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Diane Hingray[1] |
| Area 1 | 82.83 km2 (31.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 7,651 |
| • Density | 92/km2 (240/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]
Inhabitants of Pluvigner are called in French Pluvignois.
At the 1999 census, the town had a population of 5,428. In 2017 the population was 7,543.[4]
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.
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 9 November 2006.
In 2008, there was 9,66% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.[5]
The town is twinned with Cahirciveen, County Kerry, Ireland 
since 1984.[6][7]
