Plumergat

Plumergat (Breton: Pluvergad) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3]

Plumergat Pluvergad
Commune
The church of Saint-Thuriau, in Plumergat
Coat of arms
Location of Plumergat
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Coordinates: 47°44′32″N 2°55′00″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Auray
Intercommunality	Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sandrine Cadoret[1]
Area 1	41.94 km2 (16.19 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,199
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56175 /56400
Elevation	17–88 m (56–289 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Plumergat is located 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Auray, 15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Vannes and 34 km (21 mi) east of Lorient. Plumergat is border by Sainte-Anne-d'Auray and Pluneret to the south. The village of Meriadec, which has 700 inhabitants, is divided in two between Pluneret and Plumergat.

Topographic map.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,773	—
1975	1,961	+1.45%
1982	2,291	+2.25%
1990	2,449	+0.84%
1999	2,597	+0.65%
2007	3,232	+2.77%
2012	3,774	+3.15%
2017	4,112	+1.73%
Source: INSEE[4]

Inhabitants of Plumergat are called in French Plumergatais.

Breton language

In 2011, 6.6% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department