Plouharnel

Plouharnel
Plouharnel

The Chapel of Our Lady of Flowers, in Plouharnel
Plouharnel

Coordinates: 47°35′56″N 3°06′41″W / 47.5989°N 3.1114°W / 47.5989; -3.1114Coordinates: 47°35′56″N 3°06′41″W / 47.5989°N 3.1114°W / 47.5989; -3.1114
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Lorient
Canton Quiberon
Intercommunality Côte des Mégalithes
Government
  Mayor (2008—2014) Gérard Pierre
Area1 18.32 km2 (7.07 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,700
  Density 93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 56168 / 56340
Elevation 0–33 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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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