Saint-Marcel, Morbihan
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Saint-Marcel Sant-Marc'hell |
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The town hall in Saint-Marcel
The town hall in Saint-Marcel
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Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Vannes |
Canton | Malestroit |
Intercommunality | Val d'Oust et de Lanvaux |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008—2014) | Henri Briand |
Area1 | 12.81 km2 (4.95 sq mi) |
Population (1999)2 | 854 |
• Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 56228 / 56140 |
Elevation | 12–112 m (39–367 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Saint-Marcel (Breton: Sant-Marc'hell) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
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 June 1944. (Battle : 18 June).
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Marcel (Morbihan). |
- French Ministry of Culture list for Saint-Marcel (French)
- Map of Saint-Marcel on Michelin (English)
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