Erdeven
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Erdeven An Ardeven | |
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Erdeven | |
Location within Brittany region Erdeven | |
Coordinates: 47°38′35″N 3°09′19″W / 47.6431°N 3.1553°WCoordinates: 47°38′35″N 3°09′19″W / 47.6431°N 3.1553°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Lorient |
Canton | Belz |
Intercommunality | Ria d'Étel |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008—2014) | Marie-Françoise Le Jossec |
Area | |
• Land1 | 30.64 km2 (11.83 sq mi) |
Population (1999) | |
• Population2 | 2,523 |
• Population2 Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 56054 / 56410 |
Elevation |
0–36 m (0–118 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Erdeven (An Ardeven in Breton) is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France.
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.
Twin towns
It is twinned with St. Märgen in the Black Forest region of Germany.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Erdeven are called Erdevenois.
See also
- Carnac
- Communes of the Morbihan département
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erdeven. |
- Official commune website (French)
- Cultural Heritage (French)
- Erdeven on bretagne.com
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