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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Ligugé
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Abbaye-st-martin.jpg
|caption                = Saint-Martin's Abbey
|arrondissement         = Poitiers
|canton                 = Poitiers-5
|INSEE                  = 86133
|postal code            = 86240
|mayor                  = Bernard Mauze<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Grand Poitiers|CU Grand Poitiers]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|46.5189|0.3306|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 89
|elevation min m        = 72
|elevation max m        = 149
|area km2               = 22.77
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Ligugé''' ({{IPA|fr|liɡyʒe}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Vienne (department)|Vienne]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] [[Regions of France|region]] in western [[France]].
It is located on the River [[Clain]], {{convert|8|km|0|abbr=off}} south of [[Poitiers]]. It is known for its historic monastery, [[Ligugé Abbey]].
==Twin towns – sister cities==
Ligugé is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Sonning]], United Kingdom<ref name="Archant twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |title=British towns twinned with French towns |access-date=2013-07-11 |work=Archant Community Media Ltd |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |archive-date=2013-07-05 }}</ref>
==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-86133#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |1675
|1975 |2206
|1982 |2700
|1990 |2771
|1999 |2817
|2007 |2880
|2012 |3140
|2017 |3349
}}
==See also==
*[[Communes of the Vienne department]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Ligugé}}
* [http://www.liguge.com/ Das Village d'Art et d'Histoire — Ligugé] {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.abbaye-liguge.com/ Saint-Martin's Abbey, Ligugé] including [http://www.abbaye-liguge.com/en/ information in English]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060513093146/http://www.tourisme-vienne.com/office-tourisme-vienne.php?cle=86ABOTS100061 Office Tourisme Ligugé] {{in lang|fr|en}}
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