Elven, Morbihan
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Location within Brittany region
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| Coordinates: 47°43′56″N 2°35′22″W / 47.7322°N 2.5894°WCoordinates: 47°43′56″N 2°35′22″W / 47.7322°N 2.5894°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Vannes | |
| Canton | Questembert | |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Vannes | |
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| • Mayor (2001–2014) | Marcel Le Boterff | |
| Area1 | 64.05 km2 (24.73 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999)2 | 3,559 | |
| • Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56053 /56250 | |
| Elevation | 34–152 m (112–499 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.
Elven (Breton: An Elven) is a French commune, located in the department of Morbihan and region of Brittany.
The village of Elven is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) from the Vannes-Rennes junction on route nationale 166. Until 2015, it was the seat of the former canton of Elven which also included Saint-Nolff, Monterblanc, Sulniac, Trédion and La Vraie-Croix. Elven is near the Lanvaux moor, surrounded by several woodlands: Helfaut wood, Coeby wood, Kerfily, and la Boissière.
The Kerbiler stream leaves the land of the Château de Largoët and crosses la Boissière where it encounters the ruins of the Bragou mill (where it is still possible to see the mill wheel) and then flows down to the village via another old mill (the Elven mill) before emptying into the river Arz a few kilometres later. The terrain is mostly granite which is quarried in several places, one of which is the Parc quarry near the Château Largoët.
The town centre spreads around the imposing church of St. Alban.
An ancient site of human settlement, the history of Elven can be traced back to the Bronze Age with archaeological evidence discovered in the commune, in particular the village of Bocolo where the cache of a metal smelter was found. There are also many megaliths in the canton: these include the Loge-Aux-Loups on the road to Trédion, the Pierre Tabulaire de la Bataille in the Coeby forest and the twin menhirs of Babouin et Babouine that were carved with faces at an unknown period.
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