Ploërdut

Ploërdut (French pronunciation: [ploɛʁdyt]; Breton: Pleurdud) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

Ploërdut Pleurdud
Commune
The Church of Saint-Pierre, in Ploërdut
Coat of arms
Location of Ploërdut
Ploërdut Ploërdut
Coordinates: 48°05′19″N 3°17′14″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Pontivy
Canton	Gourin
Intercommunality	Roi Morvan Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Guilloux
Area 1	75.83 km2 (29.28 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,243
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56163 /56160
Elevation	114–285 m (374–935 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,512 —     1800 4,980 +1.42% 1821 4,425 −0.56% 1831 4,152 −0.63% 1836 3,944 −1.02% 1841 3,908 −0.18% 1846 3,913 +0.03% 1851 3,938 +0.13% 1856 3,791 −0.76% 1861 3,592 −1.07% 1866 3,672 +0.44% 1872 3,189 −2.32% 1876 3,615 +3.18% 1881 3,621 +0.03% 1886 3,590 −0.17% 1891 3,534 −0.31% 1896 3,426 −0.62% 1901 3,640 +1.22%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 3,722 +0.45% 1911 3,599 −0.67% 1921 3,464 −0.38% 1926 3,384 −0.47% 1931 3,222 −0.98% 1936 3,155 −0.42% 1946 3,092 −0.20% 1954 2,550 −2.38% 1962 2,260 −1.50% 1968 2,074 −1.42% 1975 1,842 −1.68% 1982 1,575 −2.21% 1990 1,359 −1.83% 1999 1,312 −0.39% 2009 1,253 −0.46% 2014 1,217 −0.58% 2020 1,228 +0.15%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2020)

Geography

Ploërdut is located in Northwestern part of Morbihan, 16 km (9.9 mi) east of Le Faouët, 22 km (14 mi) west of Pontivy and 38 km (24 mi) north of Lorient. Historically, the village belongs to Vannetais.

History

The romanesque nave church dates from the eleventh or twelve century.

Gallery

• 
  The town hall
• 
  Chapel Notre Dame de Crénénan
• 
  Chapel of Lochrist
• 
  Chapel Notre Dame de la Fosse
• 
  Iron Age stele christianized of Saint Ildut
• 
  Manor of Kerservant

See also

• Kério, a hamlet of Ploërdut
• Communes of the Morbihan department

External links

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