Erdeven
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| Commune of Erdeven | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 03° 09' 19" E |
| Latitude | 47° 38' 35" N |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Bretagne |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Belz |
| Mayor | Léon Nabat (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m–36 m (avg. 20 m) |
| Land area¹ | 30.64 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,523 |
| - Density (1999) | 82/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56054/ 56410 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Erdeven is a commune in southern Brittany (Bretagne), France. It has around 2500 inhabitants and its main industry is tourism. Attractions include a seven kilometre-long beach beside the Atlantic and many prehistoric sites featuring megaliths. The Mané-Croch, Mané-Bras and Crucuno dolmens and the Kerzerho alignments lie just outside the commune.
It is twinned with St. Märgen in the Black Forest region of Germany.
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[edit] References
- The information in this article is based on and/or translated from that found in its German and French equivalents.
- (French) Erdeven's Office of Tourism website
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