Erdeven

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Erdeven

|native name = An Ardeven

|commune status = Commune

|image = Château_de_Kéravéon_4797.JPG

|caption = The Château of Kéravéon

|coordinates = {{coord|47.64|-3.16|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|arrondissement = Lorient

|intercommunality = Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique

|mayor = Dominique Riguidel{{cite web|url=https://www.morbihan.gouv.fr/content/download/45068/325032/file/Maires%20du%20Morbihan%202020%20-%20250.pdf|title=Maires du Morbihan|date=7 July 2020|publisher=Préfecture du Morbihan}}

|term = 2020–2026

|elevation m = 20

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 36

|area km2 = 30.64

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

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

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

|INSEE = 56054

|postal code = 56410

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

|canton = Quiberon

}}

Erdeven ({{IPA|fr|ɛʁdəvɛn}}; {{langx|br|An Ardeven}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56054-erdeven INSEE commune file]

Its main industry is tourism. Attractions include a seven kilometre-long beach beside the Atlantic and many prehistoric sites featuring megaliths. The Mané-Croch, Mané-Bras and Crucuno dolmens and the Kerzérho alignments lie just outside the commune.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-56054#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = left

|1968 |1910

|1975 |1986

|1982 |2145

|1990 |2352

|1999 |2523

|2007 |3240

|2012 |3488

|2017 |3666

}}

Inhabitants of Erdeven are called Erdevenois in French.

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Twin towns

It is twinned with St. Märgen in the Black Forest region of Germany.

Gallery

File:Erdeven Roche Seche plage blockhaus.jpg|Kerouriec beach in Erdeven

File:Kerzerho Geants.jpg|The “Kerzérho Giants” in Erdeven

See also

References

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