Plouharnel
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Plouharnel
|native name = Plouharnel
|commune status = Commune
|image = Plouharnel chapelle ND des fleurs.jpg
|caption = The Chapel of Our Lady of Flowers, in Plouharnel
|image coat of arms =
|coordinates = {{coord|47.5989|-3.1114|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 56168
|postal code = 56340
|arrondissement = Lorient
|canton = Quiberon
|mayor = Chantal Le Piouff-Le Bihan{{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
|intercommunality = Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|elevation min m = 0
|elevation max m = 33
|area km2 = 18.32
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Plouharnel ({{IPA|fr|plu.aʁnɛl}}; {{Langx|br|Plouharnel}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56168-plouharnel INSEE commune file]
Geography
Plouharnel is a seaside town located in the south of Morbihan, {{convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of Auray, {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Lorient and {{convert|27|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Vannes. The commune is bordered by Atlantic Ocean except to the north and the east. The northern part of the isthmus connecting the mainland to the ancient island of Quiberon is located in the commune's southern part.
{{wide image|Plouharnel_opentopomap.png|400px|Topographic map.}}
Transports
There are two railway stations in the commune of Plouharnel, both on the Auray–Quiberon railway which is operated in summer only: Plouharnel-Carnac and Les Sables-Blancs. At Auray station connections to Paris and other places in France are offered.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-56168#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = left
|1968 |1487
|1975 |1492
|1982 |1525
|1990 |1653
|1999 |1700
|2007 |1923
|2012 |2126
|2017 |2160
}}
Inhabitants of Plouharnel are called in French Plouharnelais.
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Monuments
File:Plouharnel - Alignement Vieux Moulin - Le Rouzic.jpg
The commune contains a number of megalithic monuments including those at Le Vieux-Moulin, comprising six stones weighing up to ten tons.[https://books.google.com/books?id=etKWIsEnPWgC&q=Plouharnel&pg=PR8 From Carnac to Callanish: The Prehistoric Stone Rows and Avenues of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany], Aubrey Burl, Yale University Press, 1993, p.1
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.plouharnel.fr Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
- {{Search Mérimée|56168}}
- [http://www.maires56.asso.fr Mayors of Morbihan Association] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Morbihan communes}}
{{Authority control}}
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