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Le Palais
Commune in Brittany, France
Le Palais (French pronunciation: [lə palɛ]; 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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Le Palais
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Coordinates: 47°20′50″N 3°09′15″W | |
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 |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 56152 /56360 |
Elevation | 0–58 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. |
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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.
Inhabitants of Le Palais are called in French Palantins. Le Palais's population peaked in 1872.
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2020)[5] |
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- "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Palais, EHESS (in French).
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Palais.
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
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