Bangor, Morbihan
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Location within Brittany region
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| Coordinates: 47°18′57″N 3°11′14″W / 47.3158°N 3.1872°WCoordinates: 47°18′57″N 3°11′14″W / 47.3158°N 3.1872°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Belle-Île |
| Intercommunality | Belle-Île-en-Mer |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Annaïck Huchet |
| Area1 | 25.54 km2 (9.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)2 | 932 |
| • Density | 36/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Bangorins |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56009 /56360 |
| Elevation | 0–58 m (0–190 ft) (avg. 44 m or 144 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Bangor is a French commune in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region of north-western France. It is one of the four communes on the island of Belle-Île.
The inhabitants of Bangor are called Bangorins.
Bangor is one of four communes on the island of Belle Île located on the south-west coast of the island. The island is some 14 km south of the Quiberon peninsula. Access to the commune is by the D190 road from Le Palais in the north and the D25 from Locmaria in the east which continues to Sauzon in the north-west. There is the small Aerodrome de Belle-Île in the north of the commune which hosts the Aeroclub de Belle-Ile en Mer. Apart from the village there are many hamlets in the commune:
Several offshore islands also belong to the commune as well as other unnamed islets:
The commune consists almost entirely of farmland.
The commune is exposed to strong winds.
It is not known if the name comes from Bangor Abbey in Northern Ireland, one of the most famous abbeys in Western Christianity, from where it is known that monks like Columbanus came to evangelize in Armorica in the 6th century, or from the Monastery of Bangor-Fawr, founded in Wales around 545 on the Menai Strait.
The Breton name of the commune is Bangor.
The commune of Bangor has been inhabited since prehistory as evidenced by the Pierre Sainte Anne menhir.
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