Arzon

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Coordinates: 47°32′55″N 2°53′25″W / 47.54861, -2.89028

Commune of Arzon
Arzhon-Rewiz
Port-Navalo, in Arzon
Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Coordinates 47°32′55″N 2°53′25″W / 47.54861, -2.89028
Administration
Country France
Region Bretagne
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Vannes
Canton Sarzeau
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Presqu'île de Rhuys
Mayor Gérard Labove
(2008 – 2014)
Statistics
Elevation 0 m–36 m
Land area¹ 8.93 km²
Population²
(1999)		 2,056
 - Density 230/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 56005/ 56640
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Arzon (Arzhon-Rewiz in Breton) is a village located at the extremity of the Rhuys peninsula ("presqu'île de Rhuys") in the Morbihan department in south Brittany, France.

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[edit] Geography

Arzon is said to be the French village with the longest coastal area in France (see map). Arzon marks the east entrance to the Gulf of Morbihan.

There are two seaside resorts in the commune:

  • Port-Navalo (Porzh Noalou), dating from the 19th 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.

[edit] Tourism

Arzon is a popular summer resort. In winter, fall and spring, only two "gendarmes" (rural French military police) work in Arzon, but in the summer there are far more to cope with the influx of tourists.

[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants of Arzon are called Arzonais.

As of the census of 1999, the town has a population of 2,056.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Arzon is twinned with Lahinch, Ireland.

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