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Port-Louis
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commune in Morbihan, France
OverviewAI-generated
Port-Louis is a commune in France, situated in the Morbihan department within the Brittany region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Port-Louis and is part of the Lorient Agglomeration and arrondissement of Lorient. The municipality borders Locmiquélic and Riantec. Its official names include Port-Louis, Port-de-l'Égalité, and Port-Liberté.
The area covers 1.07 square kilometers at an elevation of 14 meters above sea level. According to available data, the population is recorded as 3,921, with 1,235 males and 1,383 females, while another source lists the population as 3,020. The postal code is 56290. Port-Louis is twinned with Bad Harzburg.
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Place details
- Locality
- Port-Louis
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,020
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Brittany
- Department
- Morbihan
- Arrondissement
- Lorient
- Canton
- Hennebont
- Intercommunality
- Lorient Agglomération
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Daniel Martin
- Area
- 1.07 km (0.41 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 2,608
- Density
- 2,440/km (6,310/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 56181 /56290
- Elevation
- 0–14 m (0–46 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Port-Liberté
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lorient
- Population
- 2672
- Area
- 1.07
- Elevation
- 8
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- canton of Port-Louis
- Shares border with
- Riantec
- Official website
- www.ville-portlouis.fr
- Image
- La citadelle de Port-Louis.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Bad Harzburg
- Commons category
- Port-Louis (Morbihan)
- postal code
- 56290
- different from
- Port-Louis
- associated electoral district
- canton of Hennebont
- male population
- 1235
- female population
- 1383
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-97-82-59-59
- fax number
- +33-2-97-82-41-98
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Port-Louis ( French pronunciation: [pɔʁ lwi] ; Breton: Porzh-Loeiz) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in northwestern France.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Port-Louis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.