Plouharnel
Plouharnel
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Plouharnel | |
Coordinates: 47°35′56″N 3°06′41″W / 47.5989°N 3.1114°WCoordinates: 47°35′56″N 3°06′41″W / 47.5989°N 3.1114°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Lorient |
Canton | Quiberon |
Intercommunality | Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Chantal Le Piouff-Le Bihan[1] |
Area 1 | 18.32 km2 (7.07 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 2,187 |
• Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 56168 /56340 |
Elevation | 0–33 m (0–108 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Plouharnel (Breton: Plouharnel) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
Demographics[]
Inhabitants of Plouharnel are called in French Plouharnelais.
Monuments[]
The commune contains a number of megalithic monuments including those at Le Vieux-Moulin, comprising six stones weighing up to ten tons.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Aubrey Burl, From Carnac to Callanish: The Prehistoric Stone Rows and Avenues of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany, Yale University Press, 1993 , p.1
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plouharnel. |
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
Categories:
- Communes of Morbihan
- Morbihan geography stubs