Caudan

Caudan Kaodan
Commune
German army surrender in a field in Caudan on August 10, 1945.
Location of Caudan
Caudan Caudan
Coordinates: 47°48′41″N 3°20′21″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Lanester
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabrice Vély
Area 1	42.63 km2 (16.46 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	7,074
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56036 /56850
Elevation	2–84 m (6.6–275.6 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Caudan (French pronunciation: [kodɑ̃]; Breton: Kaodan) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.INSEE commune file The writer Yvonne Chauffin (1905–1995), laureate of the Prix Breizh in 1970, died in Caudan.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Caudan are called in French Caudanais.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,686	—
1975	4,764	+8.53%
1982	5,819	+2.90%
1990	6,674	+1.73%
1999	6,744	+0.12%
2007	6,825	+0.15%
2012	6,806	−0.06%
2017	6,838	+0.09%
Source: INSEE

Geography

Caudan is a suburb of Lorient city, located north of the town of Lanester.

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)