Erdeven
Erdeven
An Ardeven | |
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 The Château of Kéravéon | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Erdeven  | |
  Erdeven  Erdeven | |
| Coordinates: 47°38′N 3°10′W / 47.64°N 3.16°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Quiberon |
| Intercommunality | Ria d'Étel |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008—2014) | Marie-Françoise Le Jossec |
| Area 1 | 30.64 km2 (11.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 3,974 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56054 /56410 |
| Elevation | 0–36 m (0–118 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Erdeven (An Ardeven in Breton) is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France.
Its main industry is tourism. Attractions include a seven kilometre-long beach beside the Atlantic and many prehistoric sites featuring megaliths. The Mané-Croch, Mané-Bras and Crucuno dolmens and the Kerzerho alignments lie just outside the commune.
Twin towns
It is twinned with St. Märgen in the Black Forest region of Germany.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Erdeven are called Erdevenois.
See also
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erdeven.
- Official commune website (in French)
- Cultural Heritage (in French)
- Erdeven on bretagne.com
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- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.