Plouhinec, Morbihan

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Plouhinec

|native name = Pleheneg

|commune status = Commune

|image = Eglise de Plouhinec.jpg

|caption = The church in Plouhinec

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

|coordinates = {{coord|47.6983|-3.2497|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|INSEE = 56169

|postal code = 56680

|arrondissement = Lorient

|canton = Pluvigner

|mayor = Sophie Le Chat{{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 = Blavet Bellevue Océan

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 25

|area km2 = 35.58

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

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

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

}}

Plouhinec ({{IPA|fr|pluinɛk}}; {{Langx|br|Pleheneg}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56169-plouhinec INSEE commune file]

Toponymy

From the Breton ploe (parish), ethin (ulex) and the suffix ek.

Population

Inhabitants of Plouhinec are called in French Plouhinecois.

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-56169#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |3451

|1975 |3372

|1982 |3553

|1990 |4026

|1999 |4143

|2007 |4731

|2012 |5214

|2017 |5353

}}

Geography

Plouhinec is a seaside town located in the southern part of Morbihan. The commune is border by Atlantic Ocean to the south and by Etel river to the east.

Map

{{wide image|Plouhinec_56_opentopomap.png|400px|Topographic map.}}

See also

References

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