Erdeven

Erdeven
An Ardeven
Commune
The Château of Kéravéon

Coat of arms
Erdeven
Location within Brittany region
Erdeven
Coordinates: 47°38′N 3°10′W / 47.64°N 3.16°W / 47.64; -3.16Coordinates: 47°38′N 3°10′W / 47.64°N 3.16°W / 47.64; -3.16
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Lorient
Canton Quiberon
Intercommunality Ria d'Étel
Government
 • Mayor (2008—2014) Marie-Françoise Le Jossec
Area1 30.64 km2 (11.83 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 2,523
 • Density 82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (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.

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

Erdeven (An Ardeven in Breton) is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France.

Kerouriec beach in Erdeven

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

The “Kerzerho Giants” in Erdeven

References


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