Pont-Scorff

Pont-Scorff Paou-Skorn
Commune
The Scorff in Pont-Scorff
Coat of arms
Pont-Scorff Location within Brittany region Pont-Scorff
Coordinates: 47°50′06″N 3°24′07″W / 47.835°N 3.4019°W / 47.835; -3.4019Coordinates: 47°50′06″N 3°24′07″W / 47.835°N 3.4019°W / 47.835; -3.4019
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Guidel
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2008—2014)	Pierrik Névannen
Area1	23.50 km2 (9.07 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	2,623
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56179 /56620
Elevation	2–72 m (6.6–236.2 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.

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

It takes its name from the River Scorff, which flows through the town.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Pont-Scorff are called in French Scorvipontains or Scorffipontais.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on February 22, 2008.

In 2008, there was 8,74% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.^[1]

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department
• Gaston-Auguste Schweitzer Sculptor statue of Fernand de Langle de Cary

References

• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pont-Scorff.

• French Ministry of Culture list for Pont-Scorff (in French)
• Map of Pont-Scorff on Michelin (in English)