Saint-Marcel, Morbihan

Saint-Marcel
Sant-Marc'hell

The town hall in Saint-Marcel
Saint-Marcel

Coordinates: 47°48′18″N 2°25′03″W / 47.805°N 2.4175°W / 47.805; -2.4175Coordinates: 47°48′18″N 2°25′03″W / 47.805°N 2.4175°W / 47.805; -2.4175
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Vannes
Canton Malestroit
Intercommunality Val d'Oust et de Lanvaux
Government
  Mayor (2008—2014) Henri Briand
Area1 12.81 km2 (4.95 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 854
  Density 67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 56228 / 56140
Elevation 12–112 m (39–367 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Marcel (Breton: Sant-Marc'hell) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Saint-Marcel houses the Museum of the Breton Resistance which commemorates the uprising of the Maquis of Saint-Marcel (3,000 fighters) and 200 Free French SAS parachutists in June 1944. (Battle : 18 June).

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