Cléguérec

Cléguérec Klegereg
Commune
The parish church Saint Guérec.
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.

Geography

The town is located 12 km (7.5 mi) northwest of Pontivy. Cléguérec is border by Séglien and Silfiac to the west, by Sainte-Brigitte and Saint-Aignan to the north, by Neulliac to the east and by Malguénac to the south. Historically, the town belongs to Vanetais. The forest of Quénécan extends to the north of the commune. The Breuil du Chêne is the highest hill in the town. The summit is 948 feet (289 m) above sea level.

Map

Topographic map

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% 2009 2,880 +0.47% 2014 2,909 +0.20% 2020 2,835 −0.43%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2020)

Breton language

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

Gallery

• 
  Manor of Corbello
• 
  Chapel of Trinity
• 
  Chapel Saint-André de Langlo
• 
  Gallery grave of Bot-er-Mohed
• 
  Calvary on the top of Breuil du Chêne

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)