Ligugé
Appearance
Ligugé | |
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Coordinates: 46°31′08″N 0°19′50″E / 46.5189°N 0.3306°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Vienne |
Arrondissement | Poitiers |
Canton | Poitiers-5 |
Intercommunality | Grand Poitiers |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014-2020) | Joëlle Peltier |
Area 1 | 22.77 km2 (8.79 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | 3,335 |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 86133 /86240 |
Elevation | 72–149 m (236–489 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Ligugé is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
It is located on the River Clain, 8 kilometres (5 miles) south of Poitiers. It is known for its historic monastery, Ligugé Abbey.
Twin towns – sister cities
Ligugé is twinned with:
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
2004 | 2,804 | — |
2006 | 2,823 | +0.7% |
2007 | 2,880 | +2.0% |
2008 | 2,935 | +1.9% |
2009 | 2,990 | +1.9% |
2010 | 3,062 | +2.4% |
2011 | 3,080 | +0.6% |
2012 | 3,140 | +1.9% |
2013 | 3,203 | +2.0% |
2014 | 3,265 | +1.9% |
2015 | 3,303 | +1.2% |
2016 | 3,335 | +1.0% |
Politics
Presidential Elections 2nd Round [2]
Election | Winning Candidate | Party | % | |
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style="background-color: Template:En Marche!/meta/color" | | 2017 | Emmanuel Macron | EM | 80.07 |
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 2012 | François Hollande | PS | 59.48 |
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 2007 | Ségolène Royal | PS | 53.58 |
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | | 2002 | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 91.16 |
See also
References
- ^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
- ^ http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017/
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ligugé.
- Das Village d'Art et d'Histoire — Ligugé (in German)
- Saint-Martin's Abbey, Ligugé including information in English[permanent dead link]
- Office Tourisme Ligugé (in French and English)