Pluneret

Pluneret Plunered
Commune
The church in Pluneret
Location of Pluneret
Pluneret Location within France Pluneret Location within Brittany
Coordinates: 47°40′35″N 2°57′22″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Auray
Intercommunality	Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Franck Vallein
Area 1	26.20 km2 (10.12 sq mi)
Highest elevation	59 m (194 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2023)	6,262
• Density	239.0/km2 (619.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56176 /56400
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pluneret (French pronunciation: [plynʁɛt]; Breton: Plunered) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Sainte-Anne station has rail connections to Quimper, Lorient and Vannes.

Population

Inhabitants of Pluneret are called in French Pluneretains.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,630	—
1975	1,871	+1.99%
1982	2,333	+3.20%
1990	3,195	+4.01%
1999	3,714	+1.69%
2007	4,706	+3.00%
2012	5,246	+2.20%
2017	5,722	+1.75%
2023	6,262	+1.51%
Source: INSEE

Geography

The Loc'h river forms the western border of the town and the Bono river forms the eastern border of the town.

Map

Topographic map.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 13 July 2006.

In 2008, there was 12.89% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)