Pleucadeuc

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Pleucadeuc

|native name = Plegadeg

|commune status = Commune

|image = Mairie pleucadeuc.jpg

|caption = The town hall in Pleucadeuc

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Pleucadeuc (Morbihan).svg

|coordinates = {{coord|47.7597|-2.3747|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|INSEE = 56159

|postal code = 56140

|arrondissement = Vannes

|canton = Moréac

|mayor = Loïc Balac{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=12 March 2025|language=fr}}

|term = 2024–2026

|intercommunality =

|elevation min m = 7

|elevation max m = 99

|area km2 = 34.56

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Pleucadeuc ({{IPA|fr|pløkadœk}}; {{langx|br|Plegadeg}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56159-pleucadeuc INSEE commune file]

The name comes from the Breton word Plou and the name Cadoc, a Breton saint, meaning Parish of Cadoc. Numerous megaliths are to be found around the commune.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Pleucadeuc are called in French Pleucadeuciens.

At the census of 1999, the population was 1482. The commune had 1,804 inhabitants in 2017.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-56159#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

Geography

Pleucadeuc is located in the natural region of the Landes de Lanvaux, {{convert|19|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of Ploërmel, {{convert|31|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Vannes and {{convert|74|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Rennes.

Map

{{wide image|Pleucadeuc_opentopomap.png|400px|Topographic map}}

Event

Pleucadeuc holds an annual festival on 15 August for pairs of twins and multiples called rassemblement "Deux et plus" ("the Two and more" gathering"). This festival started in 1994 and has become France's largest annual gathering of twins, with approximately 1,000 sets attending each year, and one of the largest such events in Europe.

See also

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