Erdeven (French pronunciation: ​[ɛʁdəvɛn]; Breton: An Ardeven) is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France.[3] Inhabitants of Erdeven are called Erdevenois.

Erdeven An Ardeven
Commune
The Château of Kéravéon
Coat of arms
Location of Erdeven
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Coordinates: 47°38′N 3°10′W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Quiberon
Intercommunality	Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Riguidel[1]
Area 1	30.64 km2 (11.83 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	3,853
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56054 /56410
Elevation	0–36 m (0–118 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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 Kerzerho alignments lie just outside the commune.

Twin towns

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

Gallery

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  Kerouriec beach in Erdeven
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  The “Kerzerho Giants” in Erdeven

See also

• Carnac
• Communes of the Morbihan département

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erdeven.

• Official commune website (in French)
• Erdeven's Office of Tourism website (in French)
• Cultural Heritage (in French)
• Erdeven on bretagne.com

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