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Calan is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Plouay, Morbihan, and the Lorient Agglomeration. It is part of the arrondissement of Lorient and the associated electoral district of the canton of Guidel. The municipality borders Plouay, Lanvaudan, Inzinzac-Lochrist, and Cléguer. Its official name is Calan, and it is distinct from Călan.
The area of the commune is 12.29 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 114 meters. The population is recorded as 1,277, comprising 619 males and 587 females. The postal code for the region is 56240.
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Brittany
- Department
- Morbihan
- Arrondissement
- Lorient
- Canton
- Guidel
- Intercommunality
- Lorient Agglomération
- Mayor 2022 2026
- Yann Guiguen
- Area
- 12.29 km (4.75 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,277
- Density
- 103.9/km (269.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 56029 /56240
- Elevation
- 57–114 m (187–374 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Calan
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lorient
- Population
- 1277
- Area
- 12.29
- Elevation
- 90
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Cléguer
- Official website
- www.calan56.fr
- Image
- LaTrinité-Calan.JPG
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- Commons category
- Calan
- postal code
- 56240
- associated electoral district
- canton of Guidel
- male population
- 619
- female population
- 587
- different from
- Călan
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-97-33-33-85
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Travel guide
Understand
Calan is situated on the Strei river valley, at 230 m altitude.
Fourteen villages are administered by the town: Batiz, Călanu Mic (Kiskalán), Grid, Nădăştia de Jos (Alsónádasd), Nădăştia de Sus (Felsőnádasd), Ohaba Streiului (Sztrigyohába), Sâncrai (Szentkirály), Sântămăria de Piatră (Kőboldogfalva), Strei (Zeikdorf; Zeykfalva), Strei-Săcel (Sztrigyszacsal), Streisângeorgiu (Sztrigyszentgyörgy) and Valea Sângeorgiului (Szentgyörgyválya).
Material traces found in the city and the villages constituted evidence of human existence since ancient Neolithic (5500-3500 BC). Calan is known since Roman times, as a thermal water resort, called Aquae. Kalan in Hungarian means recess in a rock, spoon-shaped, in which one can take a bath in thermal waters.Calan became a town in 1387.
Get around
Calan is a small town and you can visit the town on foot.One can also take a taxi.
Go next
Deva,25 km from Calan.Deva is the capital of Hunedoara County with Deva Citadel an impressive medieval fortress, built in the 13th century and unfortunately, partially blown up in 1849.Located on a hill overlooking the city. Retezat National Park Hunedoara is 20 km away.Here you can visit Hunyad Castle. Hateg is 17 km away.In Hateg you can visit the European Buffalo Reservation.Prislop Monastery is 13 km away.You can see also Colt Monastery and Colt Fortress. Orastie is 25 km away from Calan and from here you can go and see Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains or you can relax at Geoagiu resort. Petrosani is 65 km away.From Petrosani you have access to Parang and Straja, the most two important winter resorts in Hunedoara County.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Calan ( French pronunciation: [kalɑ̃]; Breton: Kalann) is a small town in the commune in the Morbihan department of the region of Brittany in north-western France.
Demographics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Calan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.