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Plouharnel

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Plouharnel
Plouharnel
The Chapel of Our Lady of Flowers, in Plouharnel
The Chapel of Our Lady of Flowers, in Plouharnel
Location of Plouharnel
Map
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentMorbihan
ArrondissementLorient
CantonQuiberon
IntercommunalityCôte des Mégalithes
Government
 • Mayor (2008—2014) Gérard Pierre
Area
1
18.32 km2 (7.07 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
1,700
 • Density93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
56168 /56340
Elevation0–33 m (0–108 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plouharnel (Breton: Plouharnel) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Plouharnel are called in French Plouharnelais.

Monuments

The Vieux Moulin stones.
Photograph by Zacharie Le Rouzic (1864-1939)

The commune contains a number of megalithic monuments including those at Le Vieux-Moulin, comprising six stones weighing up to ten tons.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Aubrey Burl, From Carnac to Callanish: The Prehistoric Stone Rows and Avenues of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany, Yale University Press, 1993 , p.1
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