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Commune of Quiberon |
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| Kiberen | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Bretagne | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Lorient | |
| Canton | Quiberon (chief town) | |
| Intercommunality | none as of 2007 | |
| Mayor | Jean-Michel Belz (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 0 m–33 m (avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, 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 Morbihan (Mor-Bihan is a department in the northwest of France named after the Morbihan ( small sea in Breton) the enclosed sea that is the The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Lorient is an arrondissement of France located in the Morbihan département, in the Bretagne The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 15 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 8. 83 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
5,073 | |
| - Density | 574/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 56186/ 56170 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 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 | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E | ||
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Quiberon or Kiberen in Breton is a commune of the Morbihan département, in the région of Bretagne. The Breton language ( Brezhoneg) formerly often called Armoric or Armorican, is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. Morbihan (Mor-Bihan is a department in the northwest of France named after the Morbihan ( small sea in Breton) the enclosed sea that is the 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, It is situated on a peninsula, the Presqu'île de Quiberon. It is primarily known as a seaside resort for the French during summer, and for its history of sardine production.
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History
During the Seven Years War the bay was the site of the Battle of Quiberon Bay between the French and British fleets. The Seven Years' War (1756&ndash1763 involved all of the major European powers of the period causing 900000 to 1400000 deaths The naval Battle of Quiberon Bay took place on 20 November 1759 during the Seven Years' War in Quiberon Bay off the coast of France near In the French Revolution, in July 1795 Quiberon was used by French Royalist exiles, with assistance from the British, as the base for a failed invasion of Brittany (traditionally a royalist area). 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 Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800 The invasion was defeated by the Revolutionaries under general Lazare Hoche. Louis Lazare Hoche ( June 24, 1768 - September 19, 1797) was a French soldier who rose to be general
In the 19th century, Nicolas Appert, a chemist, tuned a technique that permitted the sterilization of food. Nicolas Appert (1749 - 1841 born in Châlons en Champagne was the French inventor of airtight food preservation Sterilization (or sterilisation, see spelling differences) refers to any process that effectively kills or eliminates transmissible agents (such as Fungi Thanks to this process, Quiberon became the leading harbour for sardine fishing and the production of canned sardines in France. For the hide and seek-like game see Hide and seek. Sardines, or pilchards, are a group of several types of small Oily Many families from the Finistère département migrated to Quiberon for the fishing season (May to October). Finistère (Penn-ar-Bed is a département of France, located in Brittany ( Breizh in Breton and Bretagne When the men put out to sea, the women worked in the sardine can factories.
The railway between Auray and Quiberon was inaugurated in 1882. Auray (An Alre is a commune in the Morbihan department in the Bretagne region in northwestern France. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common It deeply changed Quiberon's inhabitants' way of life. Fishing, canning and the exploitation of seaweed has been replaced by tourism. At that time, some famous people went to Quiberon for a stay, including the writer Gustave Flaubert, Anatole France and Sarah Bernhardt. Gustave Flaubert (gystaːv flobɛːʁ in French ( December 12, 1821 &ndash May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among Anatole France (16 April 1844—12 October 1924 born François-Anatole Thibault, Anatole France studied at the Collège Stanislas and after graduation Sarah Bernhardt (October 22 1844 &ndash March 26 1923 was a French stage actress and has been referred to as "the most famous actress in the history of the world" The year 1924 was important for the peninsula because it was classified as health resort. Now, the main resources for Quiberon come from tourism.
Monuments
- Église Notre-Dame de Locmaria, 19th century chapel
- Chapelle Fort Penthièvre, 19th century
- Prehistoric site
- Musée de la mer (Museum of the sea)
- Monument to the Battle of Quiberon between the Revolutionaries and Royalists
Demographics
Inhabitants of Quiberon are called Quiberonnais.
As of the census of 1999, the town has a population of 5,073. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population
See also
Sources
Mayors of Morbihan Association (French); INSEE (English); IGN (English)
External links
- City website (French)
- Tourism Office website (French)
- French Ministry of Culture list for Quiberon (French)
- Map of Quiberon on Michelin (English)
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