Pont-Scorff

Pont-Scorff Paou-Skorn
Commune
The Scorff in Pont-Scorff
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°50′06″N 3°24′07″W / 47.835°N 3.4019°W / 47.835; -3.4019Coordinates: 47°50′06″N 3°24′07″W / 47.835°N 3.4019°W / 47.835; -3.4019
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Guidel
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierrik Névannen[1]
Area 1	23.50 km2 (9.07 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	3,790
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56179 /56620
Elevation	2–72 m (6.6–236.2 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pont-Scorff (French pronunciation: ​[pɔ̃ skɔʁf]; Breton: Pont-Skorf) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

It takes its name from the River Scorff, which flows through the town.

Demographics[]

Inhabitants of Pont-Scorff are called in French Scorvipontains or Scorffipontais.

Breton language[]

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on February 22, 2008.

In 2008, 8.74% of children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.^[3]

See also[]

• Communes of the Morbihan department
• Gaston-Auguste Schweitzer Sculptor statue of Fernand de Langle de Cary

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pont-Scorff.

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)

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