Caudan
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Caudan Kaodan |
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The chapel of Our Lady, in Trescoët
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 Caudan
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Location within Brittany region
Caudan
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| Coordinates: 47°48′41″N 3°20′21″W / 47.8114°N 3.3392°WCoordinates: 47°48′41″N 3°20′21″W / 47.8114°N 3.3392°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Pont-Scorff |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Lorient |
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| • Mayor (2008—2014) | Gérard Falquerho |
| Area1 | 42.63 km2 (16.46 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 6,744 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56036 / 56850 |
| Elevation | 2–84 m (6.6–275.6 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.
Caudan (Kaodan in Breton) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Yvonne Chauffin (1905–1995), laureate of the Prix Breizh in 1970, died in Caudan.
Inhabitants of Caudan are called in French Caudanais.
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