commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
located at the extremity of the Rhuys peninsula in the
Morbihan
Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastl ...
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
region
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in northwestern
France
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Geography
Arzon is said to be the French village with the longest coastal area in France (se map . Arzon marks the east entrance to the
Gulf of Morbihan
The Gulf of Morbihan is a natural harbour on the coast of the department of Morbihan in southern Brittany, France. Its English name is taken from the French version, ''le golfe du Morbihan'', though it would be more precisely called 'the Mo ...
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There are two seaside resorts in the commune:
* Port-Navalo (Porzh Noalou ), dating from the nineteenth century
* Le Crouesty (Ar C'hroesti ), in constant development since the 1970s
Several hamlets are located on the territory of the commune: Monteno, Kerners, Béninze, Tumiac, Kerjouanno.
Tourism
Arzon is a popular summer resort. In winter, fall and spring, only two "
gendarmes
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" (French military police) work in Arzon, but in the summer there are far more to cope with the influx of tourists.
Population
Inhabitants of Arzon are called ''Arzonais''.
International relations
Arzon is twinned with
Lahinch
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,
Ireland
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See also
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Communes of the Morbihan department
The following is a list of the 249 communes of the Morbihan department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Arzon Town Hall