Ligugé

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Location of Ligugé

(2020–2026) Bernard Mauze^[1]Area

22.77 km² (8.79 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,408 • Density150/km² (390/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

86133 /86240

Elevation72–149 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 (French pronunciation: [liɡyʒe]) 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:

Sonning, United Kingdom^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,675	—
1975	2,206	+4.01%
1982	2,700	+2.93%
1990	2,771	+0.32%
1999	2,817	+0.18%
2007	2,880	+0.28%
2012	3,140	+1.74%
2017	3,349	+1.30%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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)