Cléguérec

Cléguérec Klegereg
Commune
The town hall in Cléguérec
Coat of arms
Location of Cléguérec
Cléguérec Cléguérec
Coordinates: 48°07′30″N 3°04′10″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Pontivy
Canton	Gourin
Intercommunality	Pontivy Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Ropers
Area 1	62.99 km2 (24.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,839
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56041 /56480
Elevation	55–281 m (180–922 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cléguérec (French pronunciation: [kleɡeʁɛk]; Breton: Klegereg) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Cléguérec are called in French Cléguérecois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,595 —     1800 3,793 +0.77% 1806 3,303 −2.28% 1821 3,210 −0.19% 1831 3,700 +1.43% 1836 3,659 −0.22% 1841 3,434 −1.26% 1846 3,699 +1.50% 1851 3,850 +0.80% 1856 3,579 −1.45% 1861 3,442 −0.78% 1866 3,470 +0.16% 1872 3,335 −0.66% 1876 3,465 +0.96% 1881 3,360 −0.61% 1886 3,586 +1.31% 1891 3,617 +0.17% 1896 3,560 −0.32%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,608 +0.27% 1906 3,633 +0.14% 1911 3,670 +0.20% 1921 3,491 −0.50% 1926 3,504 +0.07% 1931 3,423 −0.47% 1936 3,405 −0.11% 1946 3,477 +0.21% 1954 3,111 −1.38% 1962 3,013 −0.40% 1968 2,812 −1.14% 1975 2,679 −0.69% 1982 2,717 +0.20% 1990 2,716 −0.00% 1999 2,749 +0.13% 2008 2,871 +0.48% 2013 2,912 +0.28% 2019 2,828 −0.49%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2019)

Map

Topographic map

Breton language

In 2008, 13,85% of children in the commune attended bilingual primary schools.

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department
• Gaston-Auguste Schweitzer Sculptor of Cléguérec war memorial

External links

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