Arzon

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{{short description|Commune in Brittany, France}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Arzon

|native name = Arzhon-Rewiz

|commune status = Commune

|image = Morbihan Port-Navalo.jpg

|caption = Port-Navalo

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Arzon (Morbihan).svg

|coordinates = {{coord|47.5486|-2.8903|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|arrondissement = Vannes

|canton = Séné

|INSEE = 56005

|postal code = 56640

|mayor = Frédérique Gauvain{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=30 November 2023|language=fr}}

|term = 2023–2026

|intercommunality = Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 36

|area km2 = 8.93

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

|image flag=Flag of Arzon.gif}}

Arzon ({{IPA|fr|aʁzɔ̃}}) or Arzhon-Rewiz in Breton ({{IPA|br|aʁxɔ̃n rewis}}) is a commune located at the extremity of the Rhuys peninsula in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region in northwestern France.

Geography

Arzon is said to be the French village with the longest coastal area in France (see [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Arzon.JPG map]). Arzon marks the east entrance to the Gulf of Morbihan.

There are two seaside resorts in the commune:

  • Port-Navalo (Porzh Noalou {{IPA|br|pɔʁx nœa'lœɥ}}), dating from the nineteenth century
  • Le Crouesty (Ar C'hroesti {{IPA|br|œr xʁœes'tɛj}}), in constant development since the 1970s

Several hamlets are located on the territory of the commune: Monteno, Kerners, Béninze, Tumiac, Kerjouanno.

Tourism

Arzon is a popular summer resort. In winter, fall and spring, only two "gendarmes" (French military police) work in Arzon, but in the summer there are far more to cope with the influx of tourists.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-56005#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = left

|1968 |1308

|1975 |1326

|1982 |1476

|1990 |1754

|1999 |2056

|2007 |2173

|2012 |2103

|2017 |2073

}}

Inhabitants of Arzon are called Arzonais in French.

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International relations

Arzon is twinned with Lahinch, Ireland.

See also

References

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