Le Palais

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Le Palais
Porzh-Lae
Commune
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Coat of arms
Location of Le Palais
Le Palais
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Le Palais
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Le Palais
Coordinates: 47°20′50″N3°09′15″W / 47.3472°N 3.1542°W / 47.3472; -3.1542
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Lorient
Canton Quiberon
Intercommunality Belle-Île-en-Mer
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Tibault Grollemund [1]
Area
1
17.43 km2 (6.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
2,552
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
56152 /56360
Elevation0–58 m (0–190 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Palais (French pronunciation: [ləpalɛ] ; Breton : Porzh-Lae) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in northwestern France. [3] It is one of the four communes on the island of Belle Île.

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Geography

Le Palais is one of the four communes of Belle île en Mer. It is the most populated. It houses the administrative center and the main port of the island. The town centre is located 4.5 km (2.8 mi) northeast of Bangor, 5.8 km (3.6 mi) southeast of Sauzon and 8 km (5.0 mi) northwest of Locmaria.

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Topographic map.

Population

Inhabitants of Le Palais are called in French Palantins. Le Palais's population peaked in 1872.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,504—    
1800 2,307−1.16%
1806 3,107+5.09%
1821 3,258+0.32%
1831 3,584+0.96%
1836 3,646+0.34%
1841 4,544+4.50%
1846 4,551+0.03%
1851 4,972+1.79%
1856 4,845−0.52%
1861 4,896+0.21%
1866 4,852−0.18%
1872 5,456+1.97%
1876 4,885−2.73%
1881 4,801−0.35%
1886 5,126+1.32%
1891 5,113−0.05%
1896 4,931−0.72%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 4,964+0.13%
1906 4,949−0.06%
1911 4,950+0.00%
1921 3,185−4.31%
1926 3,206+0.13%
1931 2,802−2.66%
1936 2,786−0.11%
1946 2,208−2.30%
1954 2,724+2.66%
1962 2,728+0.02%
1968 2,661−0.41%
1975 2,634−0.15%
1982 2,389−1.39%
1990 2,435+0.24%
1999 2,457+0.10%
2009 2,545+0.35%
2014 2,580+0.27%
2020 2,536−0.29%
Source: EHESS [4] and INSEE (1968-2020) [5]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ INSEE commune file
  4. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Palais, EHESS (in French).
  5. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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