Saint-Marcel, Morbihan

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Saint-Marcel

|native name = Sant-Marc'hell

|commune status = Commune

|image = Saint-Marcel 56 - Mairie.JPG

|caption = The town hall in Saint-Marcel

|image coat of arms =

|coordinates = {{coord|47.805|-2.4175|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|INSEE = 56228

|postal code = 56140

|arrondissement = Vannes

|canton = Moréac

|mayor = Armelle Robert{{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=6 June 2023|language=fr}}

|term = 2022–2026

|intercommunality = CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande

|elevation min m = 12

|elevation max m = 112

|area km2 = 12.81

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

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

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

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Saint-Marcel ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ maʁsɛl|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Saint-Marcel.wav}}; {{langx|br|Sant-Marc'hell}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56228-saint-marcel INSEE commune file]

Saint-Marcel houses the Museum of the Breton Resistance which commemorates the uprising of the Maquis of Saint-Marcel (3,000 fighters) and 200 Free French SAS parachutists in 18 June 1944, which the French force under command of Colonel Morice (Paul Chenailler), Free French Pierre Bourgoin and André Hue came under German attack.

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