Ploërdut

Ploërdut

Pleurdud
Ploërdut Pleurdud
Commune
	The Church of Saint-Pierre, in Ploërdut
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ploërdut
	Ploërdut Location within France Ploërdut Location within Brittany
	Coordinates: 48°05′19″N 3°17′14″W / 48.0886°N 3.2872°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Pontivy
Canton	Gourin
Intercommunality	Roi Morvan Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Jean-Luc Guilloux
Area 1	75.83 km2 (29.28 sq mi)
Population (2023)	1,255
• Density	16.55/km2 (42.86/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.

Ploërdut (French pronunciation: [ploɛʁdyt];^[3] Breton: Pleurdud) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.^[4]

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%
2007	1,264	−0.46%
2012	1,216	−0.77%
2017	1,216	+0.00%
2023	1,255	+0.53%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2023)^[6]

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.