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 ...
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 ...
in northwestern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
.INSEE commune file /ref> It is one of the four communes on the island of
Belle Île
Belle-Île, Belle-Île-en-Mer, or Belle Isle ( br, Ar Gerveur, ; br, label=Old Breton, Guedel) is a French island off the coast of Brittany in the ''département'' of Morbihan, and the largest of Brittany's islands. It is from the Quiberon peni ...
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Inhabitants of Le Palais are called in French ''Palantins''.
Geography
Le Palais is one of the four communes of Belle île en Mer. It is the most populated. It houses the administrative center and the main port of the island. The town centre is located northeast of Bangor, southeast of
Sauzon
Sauzon (; br, Saozon) is a commune on the island of Belle Île in the Morbihan department of the region of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Sauzon are called ''Sauzonnais''.
Geography
Sauzon is one of the four communes of Belle- ...
and northwest of
Locmaria
Locmaria (; br, Lokmaria-ar-Gerveur) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. Locmaria is one of the four communes of Belle Île.
Toponymy
From the Breton ''loc'' which means hermitage (cf.: Locminé) and ...