Pipriac

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Coordinates: 47°48′36″N 1°56′47″W / 47.81, -1.94639

Commune of Pipriac
Presperieg
Location
Coordinates	47°48′36″N 1°56′47″W / 47.81, -1.94639
Administration
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Redon
Canton	Pipriac (chief town)
Intercommunality	CdC du Canton de Pipriac
Mayor	Yannick Pinson (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	14 m–98 m
Land area¹	48.65 km²
Population² (1999)	2,912
- Density	60/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	35219/ 35550
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Pipriac (Breton: Presperieg, Gallo: Pisperiac) is a market town in Brittanny, France, 35 km southwest of Rennes.

The commune of Pipriac is in the arrondissement of Redon, department of Ille-et-Vilaine. It is a cantonal capital.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Twin town 3 Celebrities from Pipriac 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants of Pipriac are called Pipriatains.

The population of the commune (census 1999) was 2,912.
The estimation for 2005 was 3,157.

[edit] Twin town

Pipriac is twinned with the village of Whitland in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

[edit] Celebrities from Pipriac

• Jan Brito, "the Breton Gutenberg", a humanist and precursor who introduced the printing in Brugge.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

[edit] External links

• Pipriac Info Website (in French)
• Cultural Heritage (French)