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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 56 |
| Region: | Bretagne |
| Prefecture: | Vannes |
| Subprefectures: | Lorient Pontivy |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 42 |
| Communes: | 261 |
| President of the General Council: | Joseph-François Kergueris |
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| Population | Ranked 32nd |
| -1999 | 643,873 |
| Population density: | 94/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6823 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Vannes (Gwened is a town and commune located in the Morbihan département, in Brittany, in the west of France. Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Lorient, or L'Orient, (An Oriant is a commune and a Seaport in the Morbihan département, of Brittany. Pontivy (Pondi is a commune of the département of Morbihan, in the région of Bretagne, at the The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The three arrondissements of the Morbihan department are Arrondissement of Lorient, ( subprefecture: Lorient The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 42 cantons of the Morbihan department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 261 communes of the Morbihan département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
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Morbihan (Breton: Mor-Bihan) is a department in the northwest of France named after the Morbihan (small sea in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastline. The Breton language ( Brezhoneg) formerly often called Armoric or Armorican, is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Breton language ( Brezhoneg) formerly often called Armoric or Armorican, is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany
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History
Morbihan is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It was created from part of the former province of Brittany. Brittany (Breizh bʁejs Bretagne; Gallo: Bertaèyn) is a former independent Celtic kingdom and Duchy, now incorporated into
Geography
Morbihan is part of the current region of Bretagne and is surrounded by the departments of Finistère, Côte-d'Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine, and Loire-Atlantique, and the Atlantic Ocean on the southwest. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Finistère (Penn-ar-Bed is a département of France, located in Brittany ( Breizh in Breton and Bretagne Côtes-d'Armor ( Breton: Aodoù-an-Arvor) is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. Ille-et-Vilaine (Il-ha-Gwilen is a department of France, located in the region of Bretagne in the northwest of France. Loire-Atlantique (formerly Loire-Inférieure) is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic
The Gulf of Morbihan has many islands: 365 according to legend, but, in reality, between 30 and 40, according to how they are counted. "Golfe du Morbihan" redirects here For the similarly named gulf in the Kerguelen Islands see Golfe du Morbihan (Kerguelen. There are also many islets which are too small to be built. Of these islands, all but two are private: l'Île aux Moines and l'Île D'Arz. The others are privately owned, some by movie stars or fashion designers.
In the department of Morbihan, but outside the Gulf, there are four inhabited islands:
- Meaban, just outside the Port du Crouesty is an ornithological reserve and it is forbidden to alight there. Belle-Île or Belle-Île-en-Mer ( ar Gerveur in Modern Breton)— Guedel in Old Breton—is a French Island off the Groix (Île de Groix ( Enez Groe in Breton is an island in Morbihan, Brittany, in the northwestern France. Houat ( Enez Houad in Breton) is a little Island off the south coast of Brittany in the French département of Hoëdic (officially Hœdic) in Edig is an Island off the south coast of Morbihan in Brittany, France, at.
Culture
The Breton language is an important issue, with many advocating bilingual education. The Breton language ( Brezhoneg) formerly often called Armoric or Armorican, is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany
Tourism
- The megalithic alignments of Carnac are situated in Morbihan. Carnac ( Breton = Karnag) is a commune beside the Gulf of Morbihan on the south coast of Brittany in the Morbihan
- Tourism office of Auray
See also
- Cantons of the Morbihan department
- Communes of the Morbihan department
- Arrondissements of the Morbihan department
External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General Council website
- (English) Morbihan at the Open Directory Project
- (French) Cultural Heritage
- (French) Tourism website
- (English) Hiking in Morbihan
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