Ligugé

Ligugé is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

Ligugé
Commune
Saint-Martin's Abbey
Location of Ligugé
Ligugé Ligugé
Coordinates: 46°31′08″N 0°19′50″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 km^2 (8.79 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,349
• Density	150/km^2 (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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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[2]

Population

Historical 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 [3]

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
	2017	Emmanuel Macron	EM	80.07
	2012	François Hollande	PS	59.48
	2007	Ségolène Royal	PS	53.58
	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	91.16

See also

• Communes of the Vienne department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
3. http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017/

External links

• Das Village d'Art et d'Histoire — Ligugé (in German)
• Saint-Martin's Abbey, Ligugé including information in English
• Office Tourisme Ligugé (in French and English)