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Berné

Coordinates: 47°59′44″N 3°23′28″W / 47.9956°N 3.3911°W / 47.9956; -3.3911
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Berné
Berne
The parish church in Berné
The parish church in Berné
Location of Berné
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Berné is located in France
Berné
Berné
Berné is located in Brittany
Berné
Berné
Coordinates: 47°59′44″N 3°23′28″W / 47.9956°N 3.3911°W / 47.9956; -3.3911
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentMorbihan
ArrondissementPontivy
CantonGourin
IntercommunalityRoi Morvan Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) David Guilloux[1]
Area
1
34.77 km2 (13.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,562
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
56014 /56240
Elevation36–166 m (118–545 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Berné (French pronunciation: [bɛʁne]; Berne in Breton) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

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Inhabitants of Berné are called Bernéens.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,751—    
1800 1,764+0.11%
1806 1,773+0.08%
1821 2,022+0.88%
1831 2,668+2.81%
1836 2,210−3.70%
1841 1,876−3.22%
1846 1,959+0.87%
1851 1,941−0.18%
1856 1,711−2.49%
1861 1,766+0.63%
1866 1,863+1.08%
1872 1,777−0.78%
1876 1,912+1.85%
1881 1,984+0.74%
1886 1,886−1.01%
1891 1,904+0.19%
1896 1,953+0.51%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,930−0.24%
1906 1,953+0.24%
1911 2,030+0.78%
1921 1,993−0.18%
1926 1,989−0.04%
1931 1,918−0.72%
1936 1,897−0.22%
1946 1,968+0.37%
1954 1,804−1.08%
1962 1,685−0.85%
1968 1,592−0.94%
1975 1,508−0.77%
1982 1,425−0.81%
1990 1,350−0.67%
1999 1,316−0.28%
2009 1,501+1.32%
2014 1,510+0.12%
2020 1,545+0.38%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2020)[4]

Geography

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Berné is located in the western part of Morbihan, 28 km (17 mi) north of Lorient, 32 km (20 mi) west of Pontivy and 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Vannes. The commune is wooded and hilly. The forest of Pontcallec cover a large part of the commune's area. The river Scorff forms the commune's eastern and southern borders.

Map

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Topographic map

History

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Second world war

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Seventeen french resistance fighters were shot dead by the german soldiers in the Landordu wood. Some victims were buried alive. Their bodies were exhumed on July 6, 1944.

List of places

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  • Bel Air
  • Bois du Crocq
  • Bonot
  • Botcoal
  • Castel Bouille
  • Château de Pontcallec
  • Clonze, le
  • Coadic Noguel
  • Coat Cren
  • Coët Cado
  • Corgat
  • Corroncq, le
  • Cosquer
  • Croix des Nations, la
  • Croix Verte, la
  • Foloben
  • Forges, les
  • Ganach
  • Gare, la
  • Garenne, la
  • Guergoat
  • Guernalgout
  • Guernegal
  • Guernemoulin
  • Guernevé
  • Keralès
  • Keravel
  • Kerbillet
  • Kerbrest
  • Kerfany
  • Kerfernand
  • Kergaduret
  • Kergal
  • Kergroise
  • Kerham
  • Kerharff
  • Kerhenry
  • Kerhério
  • Kerhoat
  • Kerihuel
  • Keriquel
  • Kerjean
  • Kerléadec
  • Kerlivio
  • Kerloc
  • Kerloise
  • Kerlosquet
  • Kermarrec
  • Kerninnec
  • Kerpriol
  • Kersivy
  • Kerveno
  • Kerybois
  • Lan Pellan
  • Landordu
  • Leannec, le
  • Léty, le
  • Leurven
  • Manébihan
  • Manépile
  • Marta, le
  • Mengleu
  • Menguen
  • Moulin de Corroncq
  • Moulin de Kerlous
  • Moulin de Poulhibet
  • Nahellec
  • Namouhic
  • Nénévé, le
  • Nervoudic
  • Noguel
  • Noguello
  • Ouadec Vihan
  • Ouadec Vras
  • Pellan
  • Perihuec
  • Péros, le
  • Pont Bellec
  • Pont Callec
  • Pont Neuf, le
  • Pont Zinsec
  • Pontouzic
  • Pontulaire
  • Portz en Tallec
  • Poulgroix
  • Poulhibet
  • Prat er Gazec
  • Resclen
  • Rescorbel
  • Roc,le
  • Rohorven
  • Ronz er Moal
  • Rotu, le
  • Rullan
  • Rustehen
  • Saint Albaud
  • Saint Germain
  • Sainte Anne des Bois
  • Storec
  • Sur la Bosse
  • Tachen Manac'h
  • Toulhosparc
  • Tromelin
  • Ty Neve Kerlivio
  • Tylen
  • Ty Nevé
  • Ty Nicol
  • Véchen
  • Villeneuve Zinzec
  • Zinzec
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Berné, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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