Pleugriffet
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Pleugriffet
|native name = Ploueg-Grifed
|commune status = Commune
|image = Pleugriffet_église_paroissiale_1.jpg
|caption = The parish church
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Pleugriffet (Morbihan).svg
|coordinates = {{coord|47.9903|-2.6844|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 56160
|postal code = 56120
|arrondissement = Pontivy
|canton = Grand-Champ
|mayor = Bernard Lecuyer{{cite web|url=https://www.morbihan.gouv.fr/content/download/45068/325032/file/Maires%20du%20Morbihan%202020%20-%20250.pdf|title=Maires du Morbihan|date=7 July 2020|publisher=Préfecture du Morbihan}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Pontivy Communauté
|elevation min m = 40
|elevation max m = 129
|area km2 = 38.49
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Pleugriffet ({{IPA|fr|pløɡʁifɛt}}; {{langx|br|Ploueg-Grifed}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56160-pleugriffet INSEE commune file] Inhabitants of Pleugriffet are called in French Pleugriffetois.
Population
{{Historical populations
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| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|27142|Pleugriffet}} and INSEE (1968-2020)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-56160#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |1488
|1800 |1439
|1806 |1564
|1821 |1531
|1831 |1730
|1836 |1629
|1841 |1600
|1846 |1663
|1851 |1618
|1856 |1627
|1861 |1629
|1866 |1688
|1872 |1631
|1876 |1638
|1881 |1667
|1886 |1794
|1891 |1875
|1896 |1972
|1901 |2006
|1906 |1992
|1911 |2005
|1921 |1766
|1926 |1790
|1931 |1851
|1936 |1774
|1946 |1734
|1954 |1625
|1962 |1589
|1968 |1528
|1975 |1358
|1982 |1198
|1990 |1105
|1999 |1124
|2009 |1204
|2014 |1209
|2020 |1292
}}
Geography
Pleugriffet is located {{convert|22|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Ploërmel, {{convert|23|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Pontivy and {{convert|36|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Vannes. The village belongs to upper Brittany. The commune is border by river Oust to the east. Apart from the village centre there are many hamlets in the commune.
Map
{{wide image|Pleugriffet_opentopomap.png|400px|Topographic map}}
History
From 1954, the present church was rebuilt following the plans of the architect Caubert. The church was consecrated on 12 August 1956 by bishop Eugène Le Bellec. It is a Neo-Byzantine style concrete building. It was built on the site of the old Romanesque church that it replaces.
Gallery
Croix de Landoma 5483.JPG|The cross of Landoma, in Pleugriffet
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category}}
- {{Search Mérimée|56160}}
- [http://www.maires56.asso.fr Mayors of Morbihan Association] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Morbihan communes}}
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