Pipriac

French commune
nomcommune=Pipriac
native_name=Presperieg


caption=


x=60
y=97
lat_long=coord|47|48|36|N|1|56|47|W|region:FR_type:city
insee=35219
cp=35550
région=Bretagne
département=Ille-et-Vilaine
arrondissement=Redon
canton=Pipriac
maire=Yannick Pinson
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Canton de Pipriac
alt mini=14
alt maxi=98 m
km²=48.65
sans=2912
date-sans=1999
dens=60
date-dens=1999|

Pipriac ( _br. Presperieg, Gallo: "Pisperiac") is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Bretagne in northwestern France.

It lies 35 km southwest of Rennes.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Pipriac are called "Pipriatains".

Démographie
1962= 2804
1968= 2848
1975= 2669
1982= 2669
1990= 2772
1999= 2912
2005= 3157
sansdoublescomptes= 1962|source=INSEE [ [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=35219&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Pipriac sur le site de l'Insee] ]

Twin town

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

Celebrities from Pipriac

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

ee also

*Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

External links

* [http://www.infobretagne.com/pipriac.htm Pipriac Info Website (in French)]
* [http://www4.culture.fr/patrimoines/patrimoine_architectural_et_mobilier/sribzh/main.xsp?execute=show_document&id=MERIMEEIA35008776 Cultural Heritage] fr icon