Morbihan

Morbihan is a department in on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. It is noted for its Carnac stones, which predate and are more extensive than the Stonehenge monument in Wiltshire, England.
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is a city of 57,000 people on the south coast of .

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is a commune in the French department of Morbihan, , northwestern mainland France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago.

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is a commune in the Morbihan department, administrative region of , northwestern . Inhabitants of are called Alréens and Alreiz.

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is a small town in Morbihan, . Its main claim to fame are the menhirs surrounding the town. In 2025 these stones were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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is a commune in the Morbihan department in in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river and the Canal de Nantes à Brest. Inhabitants of are called Pontivyens in French.

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is a town in , . It is situated on a peninsula Presqu'île de . In France it is well-known as summer spa-resort.

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Île-aux-Moines is an island in . At 7 km long and 3.5 km wide, it's the largest island in the "Golfe du Morbihan", and has 610 inhabitants. The island is pretty, full of flowers, and has old stones and amazing landscapes.

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(officially Belle-Île-en-Mer to distinguish it from another municipality in Brittany is an island off the coast of .

Morbihan

Latitude of center
47.8477° or 47° 50′ 52″ north
Longitude of center
-2.7776° or 2° 46′ 39″ west
Population
776,000
Elevation
97 metres (318 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2991879
Wiki­data ID
Q12642
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Morbihan” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Morbihan”
  • Albanian: “Morbihan”
  • Arabic: “مربيان”
  • Arabic: “مُربِيَان”
  • Arabic: “موربيهان”
  • Aragonese: “Mor-Bihan”
  • Armenian: “Մորբիան”
  • Arpitan: “Morbihan”
  • Asturian: “Morbihan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Morbian”
  • Basque: “Morbihan”
  • Belarusian: “дэпартамент Марбіян”
  • Belarusian: “Марбіян”
  • Bengali: “মরবিহান”
  • Breton: “Mor-Bihan”
  • Bulgarian: “Морбиан”
  • Catalan: “Ar Mor-Bihan”
  • Catalan: “Morbihan”
  • Cebuano: “Morbihan”
  • Chechen: “МогӀбиан”
  • Chechen: “Морбиан”
  • Chinese: “Morbihan”
  • Chinese: “莫尔比昂省”
  • Chinese: “莫爾比昂”
  • Chuvash: “Морбиан”
  • Czech: “Morbihan”
  • Danish: “Morbihan”
  • Dutch: “Morbihan”
  • Esperanto: “Morbihan”
  • Estonian: “Morbihani departemang”
  • Finnish: “Morbihan”
  • French: “Département du Morbihan”
  • French: “Morbihan”
  • Galician: “Morbihan”
  • Georgian: “მორბიანი”
  • German: “Département Morbihan”
  • German: “FR-56”
  • German: “Morbihan”
  • Greek: “Μορμπιάν”
  • Gujarati: “મોરબીહાન”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Morbihan-sén”
  • Hebrew: “מורביאן”
  • Hindi: “मोरबिहन”
  • Hungarian: “Morbihan”
  • Icelandic: “Morbihan”
  • Indonesian: “Morbihan”
  • Interlingua: “Departimento de Morbihan”
  • Interlingua: “Departimento Morbihan”
  • Irish: “Morbihan”
  • Italian: “Morbihan”
  • Japanese: “モルビアン県”
  • Kabyle: “Morbihan”
  • Kannada: “ಮೊರ್ಬಿಹಾನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Морбиан”
  • Kongo: “Morbihan”
  • Korean: “모르비앙주”
  • Ladin: “Morbihan”
  • Ladino: “Morbihan”
  • Ladino: “מורביעאן”
  • Latin: “Mariculum”
  • Latin: “Morbihanum”
  • Latvian: “Morbiāna”
  • Limburgan: “Morbihan”
  • Lithuanian: “Morbihanas”
  • Lombard: “Morbihan”
  • Low German: “Morbihan”
  • Luxembourgish: “Departement Morbihan”
  • Macedonian: “Морбиjан”
  • Macedonian: “Морбијан”
  • Malagasy: “Morbihan”
  • Malay: “Morbihan”
  • Manx: “Mor-Bihan”
  • Marathi: “मॉर्बियां”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Morbihan”
  • Northern Frisian: “Morbihan (Department)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Morbihan”
  • Northern Sami: “Morbihan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Morbihan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Morbihan”
  • Norwegian: “Morbihan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Morbihan”
  • Ossetian: “Морбиан”
  • Pampanga: “Morbihan”
  • Persian: “موربیان”
  • Piemontese: “Dipartiment dël Morbihan”
  • Polish: “Morbihan”
  • Portuguese: “Morbihan”
  • Romanian: “departamentul Morbihan”
  • Romanian: “Morbihan”
  • Russian: “Морбиан”
  • Scots: “Morbihan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mor-Bihan”
  • Serbian: “Морбијан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Morbihan”
  • Sinhala: “මොර්බිහාන්”
  • Slovak: “Morbihan”
  • Slovenian: “Morbihan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “موربیان”
  • Spanish: “Morbihan”
  • Swahili: “Morbihan”
  • Swedish: “Morbihan”
  • Swiss German: “Morbihan”
  • Tajik: “Департаменти Морбиан”
  • Tamil: “மோர்பிஹன்”
  • Tatar: “Морбиаң”
  • Telugu: “మోర్బిహాన్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดมอร์บีอ็อง”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Département Morbihan”
  • Turkish: “Morbihan”
  • Ukrainian: “Морбіан”
  • Urdu: “موربیاں”
  • Uzbek: “Morbihan (departament)”
  • Uzbek: “Morbihan”
  • Venetian: “Morbihan”
  • Vietnamese: “Morbihan”
  • Vlaams: “Morbihan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Morbihan”
  • Welsh: “Mor-Bihan”
  • Western Frisian: “Morbihan”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع موربیہان”
  • Wu Chinese: “莫尔比昂省”
  • Yue Chinese: “莫爾比昂”

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