Morbihan (Department, France)

Last modified: 2003-07-05 by ivan sache
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Flag of the General Council

• Administrative data
• Flag of the General Council

See also:

• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
• Clickable map of France (departments)
• Morbihan (Department, France): Municipal flags
  • Vannes
  • Malestroit
• Morbihan (Department, France): Yacht clubs
• Morbihan (Department, France): Sport flags
• Société Nantaise et Morbihannaise de Navigation

Administrative data

Code: 56
Region: Bretagne
Traditional provinces: Bretagne (traditional Breton province of Broërec)
Bordering departments: Côtes d'Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique

Area: 6,823 km²
Population (1995): 633,000 inhabitants

Préfecture: Vannes
Sous-préfectures: Lorient, Pontivy
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 42 cantons, 261 communes.

The department is named after the gulf of Morbihan (in Breton, little sea).