Erdeven

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Coordinates: 47°38′35″N 3°9′19″W / 47.64306, -3.15528

Commune of Erdeven
An Ardeven
Location
Coordinates	47°38′35″N 3°9′19″W / 47.64306, -3.15528
Administration
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Belz
Intercommunality	Ria d'Étel
Mayor	Léon Nabat (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	0 m–36 m (avg. 20 m)
Land area¹	30.64 km²
Population² (1999)	2,523
- Density	82/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	56054/ 56410
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Erdeven (An Ardeven in Breton) 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.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants of Erdeven are called Erdevenois.

As of the census of 1999, the town has a population of 2,523.

[edit] See also

• Carnac
• Communes of the Morbihan département

[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

[edit] External links

• (French) Official commune website
• Cultural Heritage (French)
• Erdeven on bretagne.com
• Cultural Heritage (French)