Saint-Marcel, Morbihan

Saint-Marcel Sant-Marc'hell
The town hall in Saint-Marcel The town hall in Saint-Marcel
Saint-Marcel
Location within Brittany region Saint-Marcel
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Malestroit
Intercommunality	Val d'Oust et de Lanvaux
Government
• Mayor (2008—2014)	Henri Briand
Area1	12.81 km2 (4.95 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	854
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	56228 / 56140
Elevation	12–112 m (39–367 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.

Saint-Marcel (Breton: Sant-Marc'hell) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Saint-Marcel houses the Museum of the Breton Resistance which commemorates the uprising of the Maquis of Saint-Marcel (3,000 fighters) and 200 Free French SAS parachutists in June 1944. (Battle : 18 June).

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

• Mayors of Morbihan Association (French)
• INSEE commune file

External links

• French Ministry of Culture list for Saint-Marcel (French)
• Map of Saint-Marcel on Michelin (English)