Pluvigner
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Pluvigner
|native name = Pleuwigner
|commune status = Commune
|image = Pluvigner mairie.jpg
|caption = The town hall in Pluvigner
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Pluvigner (Morbihan).svg
|coordinates = {{coord|47.7667|-3.0167|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 56177
|postal code = 56330
|arrondissement = Lorient
|canton = Pluvigner
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|elevation min m = 17
|elevation max m = 146
|area km2 = 82.83
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Pluvigner ({{IPA|fr|plyviɲe}}; {{langx|br|Pleuwigner}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56177-pluvigner INSEE commune file]
Demographics
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.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-56177#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
Town centre
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.
Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 9 November 2006.
In 2008, 9.66% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.{{in lang|fr}} Ofis ar Brezhoneg: [http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/services/observatoire/travaux.php?travail_id=83 Enseignement bilingue]
Modern History
From 1687 to 1688, violence occurred in Pluvigner against the population of Caquins, supposed descendants of medieval lepers. The people of Pluvigner opposed the authorities who wanted to ban the custom preventing Caquins from burying their dead in the parish cemetery.{{cite journal |language=fr |first=Croix |last=Alain |title=L'histoire d'un trait de mentalité. Les caquins en Bretagne |trans-title=The story of a mental trait. The Caquins in Brittany |journal=Annales de Bretagne et des pays de l'Ouest |volume=86 |number=4 |pages=553–564 |year=1979 |url=http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/abpo_0399-0826_1979_num_86_4_3000}}
The {{ill|trève|fr}} of Saint-Bieuzy, which depended under the Ancien Régime on the parish of Pluvigner, became a commune in 1793, but this was incorporated into that of Pluvigner before 1806.{{cite web |title=Saint-Bieuzy |language=fr |url=http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=4230 |website=Notice Communale}}
Twin towns
The town is twinned with Cahirciveen, County Kerry, Ireland {{Flagicon|Ireland}} since 1984.[http://www.bretagne-irlande.org/pluvigner.html Association Bretagne-Irlande] {{in lang|fr}}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/lifestyle/women-with-a-mission-bring-image-of-kerry-life-to-france-27363158.html |newspaper=Irish Independent |title=Women with a mission bring image of Kerry life to France |date=June 9, 2005 |first=Kathy |last=O’Sullivan |quote=A COMPREHENSIVE pictorial representation of modern rural life in South West Kerry, currently on display in the library in Cahersiveen, will travel to France later this month to go on display in Pluvigner, Cahersiveen’s Breton twin.}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Pluvigner}}
- [http://www.pluvigner.fr/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
- {{Search Mérimée|56177}}
- [http://www.maires56.asso.fr Mayors of Morbihan Association] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Morbihan communes}}
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