Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération

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Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération is the communauté d'agglomération , an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Vannes. It is located in the Morbihan department, in the Brittany region, northwestern France. It was created in January 2017 by the merger of the former Communauté d'agglomération Vannes Agglo with the former communautés de communes Loc'h Communauté and Presqu'île de Rhuys. [1] Its population was 170,144 in 2014, of which 55,527 in Vannes proper. [2]

The commune is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, Gemeinden in Germany, comuni in Italy or ayuntamiento in Spain. The United Kingdom has no exact equivalent, as communes resemble districts in urban areas, but are closer to parishes in rural areas where districts are much larger. Communes are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The communes are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France.

Vannes Prefecture and commune in Brittany, France

Vannes is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago.

Morbihan Department of France

Morbihan is a department in Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan, the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastline. It is noted for its Carnac stones. These predate and are more extensive than the ancient Stonehenge monument in Wiltshire, England that is more familiar to English speakers.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 34 communes: [2] [3]

  1. Arradon
  2. Arzon
  3. Baden
  4. Bono
  5. Brandivy
  6. Colpo
  7. Elven
  8. Grand-Champ
  9. Le Hézo
  10. Île-aux-Moines
  11. Île-d'Arz
  12. Larmor-Baden
  13. Locmaria-Grand-Champ
  14. Locqueltas
  15. Meucon
  16. Monterblanc
  17. Plaudren
  18. Plescop
  19. Ploeren
  20. Plougoumelen
  21. Saint-Armel
  22. Saint-Avé
  23. Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
  24. Saint-Nolff
  25. Sarzeau
  26. Séné
  27. Sulniac
  28. Surzur
  29. Theix-Noyalo
  30. Le Tour-du-Parc
  31. Trédion
  32. Treffléan
  33. La Trinité-Surzur
  34. Vannes

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References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral, 26 August 2016, p 51
  2. 1 2 BANATIC, Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 2017-08-09.
  3. "EPCI de CA Golfe du Morbihan – Vannes (200067932) COG | Insee". insee.fr. Retrieved 2017-08-18.

Coordinates: 47°40′N2°46′W / 47.66°N 2.76°W / 47.66; -2.76

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