Quiberon | |
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![]() Location of the canton of Quiberon within
Morbihan | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
No. of communes | 16 |
Established | 15 February 1790 |
Seat | Quiberon |
Government | |
• Representatives (2021–2028) | Karine Bellec (
DVD) Gérard Pierre ( LR) [1] |
Area | 277.40 km2 (107.10 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 37,471 |
• Density | 135/km2 (350/sq mi) |
INSEE code | 56 17 |
The Canton of Quiberon ( French: canton de Quiberon; Breton: Kanton Kiberen) is an administrative division of the Morbihan department, northwestern France. Its borders were modified at the 2014 French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Quiberon. [3]
Prior to 2015 the Canton of Quiberon grouped together 7 distinct communes.
Name | INSEE code | Postal Code | Total area
(km2) |
Population
(2012) |
Density
(per km2) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quiberon
(Canton seat) |
56186 | 56170 | 8.83 | 5,008 | 567 |
Carnac | 56034 | 56340 | 32.71 | 4,204 | 129 |
Hœdic | 56085 | 56170 | 2.08 | 121 | 58 |
Île-d'Houat | 56086 | 56170 | 2.91 | 249 | 86 |
Plouharnel | 56168 | 56340 | 18.32 | 2,126 | 116 |
Saint-Pierre-Quiberon | 56234 | 56510 | 7.54 | 2,116 | 281 |
La Trinité-sur-Mer | 56258 | 56470 | 6.20 | 1,635 | 264 |
The Canton of Quiberon currently consists of 16 communes in their entirety. [3]