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Le Palais is a commune in France, situated in the Brittany region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Belle-Île and is part of the arrondissement of Lorient. The administrative entity includes the communauté de communes de Belle-Île-en-Mer. The commune borders Sauzon, Locmaria, and Bangor. Its official name is Le Palais, La Montagne, and it is associated with the electoral district of the canton of Quiberon.
The area of Le Palais is 17.43 square kilometers. Population figures vary slightly between sources, with one listing 2,661 residents and another listing 2,645. The male population is recorded as 1,257, while the female population is 1,314. The postal code for the area is 56360. Elevation data indicates a height of 58 meters above sea level in one record, while other sources cite an elevation of 16 meters.
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Place details
- Locality
- Le Palais
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,645
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Brittany
- Department
- Morbihan
- Arrondissement
- Lorient
- Canton
- Quiberon
- Intercommunality
- Belle-Île-en-Mer
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Tibault Grollemund
- Area
- 17.43 km (6.73 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 2,599
- Density
- 149.1/km (386.2/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 56152 /56360
- Elevation
- 0–58 m (0–190 ft)
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Encyclopedic overview
Le Palais ( French pronunciation: [lə palɛ]; Breton: Porzh-Lae) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in northwestern France. It is one of the four communes on the island of Belle Île.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Le Palais” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.