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Saint-Marcel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁsɛl] (listen); Breton: Sant-Marc'hell) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[3]

Saint-Marcel Sant-Marc'hell
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Marcel
Location of Saint-Marcel
Saint-Marcel Show map of France Saint-Marcel Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 47°48′18″N 2°25′03″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Moréac
Intercommunality	CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Armel Rousselot[1]
Area 1	12.81 km2 (4.95 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	1,106
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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.

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Marcel (Morbihan).

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)

На других языках

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[de] Saint-Marcel (Morbihan)

Saint-Marcel (Gallo Saent-Marcèu, bretonisch Sant-Marc’hell) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 1.106 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Morbihan in der Region Bretagne.

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- [en] Saint-Marcel, Morbihan

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[es] Saint-Marcel (Morbihan)

Saint-Marcel (en bretón Sant-Marc'hell) es una población y comuna francesa, situada en la región de Bretaña, departamento de Morbihan, en el distrito de Vannes y cantón de Malestroit.

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