Plouharnel
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| Commune | |
The Chapel of Our Lady of Flowers, in Plouharnel
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| 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] |
| Area1 | 18.32 km2 (7.07 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2018)2 | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. |
| 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Plouharnel (fr; Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[2]
Geography
Plouharnel is a seaside town located in the south of Morbihan, 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest of Auray, 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Lorient and 27 km (17 mi) west of Vannes. The commune is bordered by Atlantic Ocean except to the north and the east. The northern part of the isthmus connecting the mainland to the ancient island of Quiberon is located in the commune's southern part.
Transports
There are two railway stations in the commune of Plouharnel, both on the Auray–Quiberon railway which is operated in summer only: Plouharnel-Carnac and Les Sables-Blancs. At Auray station connections to Paris and other places in France are offered.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1968 | 1,487 | — |
| 1975 | 1,492 | +0.05% |
| 1982 | 1,525 | +0.31% |
| 1990 | 1,653 | +1.01% |
| 1999 | 1,700 | +0.31% |
| 2007 | 1,923 | +1.55% |
| 2012 | 2,126 | +2.03% |
| 2017 | 2,160 | +0.32% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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.[4]
See also
References
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- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ↑ From Carnac to Callanish: The Prehistoric Stone Rows and Avenues of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany, Aubrey Burl, Yale University Press, 1993, p.1
