Plouharnel

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

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Commune
The Chapel of Our Lady of Flowers, in Plouharnel
Location of Plouharnel
Plouharnel Plouharnel
Coordinates: 47°35′56″N 3°06′41″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Quiberon
Intercommunality	Côte des Mégalithes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Chantal Le Piouff-Le Bihan[1]
Area ^1	18.32 km^2 (7.07 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	2,160
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56168 /56340
Elevation	0–33 m (0–108 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.[3]

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

1. "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. Aubrey Burl, From Carnac to Callanish: The Prehistoric Stone Rows and Avenues of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany, Yale University Press, 1993 , p.1

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)