Camors
{{short description|Commune in Brittany, France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Camors
|native name = Kamorzh
|commune status = Commune
|image = Gare-Lambel-Camors-dir-Auray.jpg
|caption = The Lambel - Camors railway station
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Camors (Morbihan).svg
|coordinates = {{coord|47.8486|-2.9997|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 56031
|postal code = 56330
|arrondissement = Lorient
|canton = Pluvigner
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|elevation min m = 27
|elevation max m = 137
|area km2 = 37.09
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Camors ({{IPA|fr|kamɔʁ}}; {{langx|br|Kamorzh}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56031-camors INSEE commune file]
Geography
The village is situated in the heart of a forest-covered region called the Landes de Lanvaux. The village centre is located {{convert|24|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of Pontivy, {{convert|28|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Vannes, and {{convert|29|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Lorient. With the River Tarun, its main tributary, the Ével forms the commune's northern border. The village centre is surrounded by the forest of Floranges and the national forest of Camors. Apart from the village centre, there are the village of Lambel-Camors and the village of Locoal-Camors and several hamlets.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Camors are called in French Camoriens.
{{Historical populations
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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|6688|Camors}} and INSEE (1968-2020)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-56031#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |1814
|1800 |1682
|1806 |1526
|1821 |1715
|1831 |1832
|1836 |1953
|1841 |2007
|1846 |2140
|1851 |2100
|1856 |2040
|1861 |2086
|1866 |2196
|1872 |2168
|1876 |2210
|1881 |2322
|1886 |2384
|1891 |2512
|1896 |2553
|1901 |2603
|1906 |2697
|1911 |2802
|1921 |2759
|1926 |2894
|1931 |3036
|1936 |2995
|1946 |3018
|1954 |2545
|1962 |2557
|1968 |2436
|1975 |2300
|1982 |2321
|1990 |2375
|1999 |2353
|2009 |2788
|2014 |2977
|2020 |3083
}}
Map
{{wide image|Camors_opentopomap.png|400px|Topographic map}}
History
In the past, the inhabitants lived off the resources of the forest; they were clog makers, charcoal makers, sawyers, woodcutters...The last clogmaker in Morbihan lived in Camors.
Points of interest
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category}}
- [https://camors.fr/ Official site] {{in lang|fr}}
- {{Search Mérimée|56031}}
- [http://www.maires56.asso.fr Mayors of Morbihan Association] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Morbihan communes}}
{{authority control}}
{{Morbihan-geo-stub}}