Morbihan

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Morbihan is a coastal department in the Brittany region of northwestern France, known for its historic towns, megalithic sites, and scenic Gulf of Morbihan.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Morbihan canonical 30
Morbihan department 8
department of Morbihan 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French department
administrativeDivisionOf France
bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
capital Vannes
contains Auray
Belle-Île
Belle-Île
surface form: Belle-Île-en-Mer

Carnac
Carnac
surface form: Carnac stones

Gulf of Morbihan
Lorient
Pontivy
Quiberon Bay
surface form: Quiberon

Quiberon Peninsula
Rhuys Peninsula
Vannes
Carnac
surface form: alignments of Carnac

Île-aux-Moines
Île-d'Arz
country France
departmentNumber 56
etymology name derives from Breton words "mor" (sea) and "bihan" (little)
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Biscay
hasHeritageSite Carnac
surface form: Carnac megalithic complex

Gavrinis cairn
Josselin Castle
Locmariaquer megaliths
Vannes
surface form: Vannes old town
ISOCode FR-56
knownFor coastal landscapes
historic towns
megalithic sites
prehistoric monuments
languageUsed French
locatedIn Brittany
Western France
surface form: northwestern France
namedAfter Gulf of Morbihan
partOf Duchy of Brittany
surface form: historical province of Brittany

region of Brittany
prefecture Vannes
regionalLanguage Breton
Gallo
subprefecture Lorient
Ploërmel
Pontivy
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time

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Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Anne d’Auray (Brittany, France) locatedIn Morbihan
subject surface form: Saint-Anne-d'Auray
Brittany contains Morbihan
Quiberon Bay locatedIn Morbihan
Loire-Atlantique department borders Morbihan
subject surface form: Loire-Atlantique
Guer locatedIn Morbihan
Guer partOf Morbihan
this entity surface form: Morbihan department
Guer countrySubdivision Morbihan
this entity surface form: department of Morbihan
Gallo language spokenIn Morbihan
Lorient countrySubdivision Morbihan
this entity surface form: department Morbihan
Ille-et-Vilaine borderedBy Morbihan
Vannes locatedIn Morbihan
Vannes isPrefectureOf Morbihan
Vannes locatedInDepartment Morbihan
Pontivy, France locatedIn Morbihan
subject surface form: Pontivy
this entity surface form: Morbihan department
Pontivy, France department Morbihan
subject surface form: Pontivy
Pontivy, France belongsTo Morbihan
subject surface form: Pontivy
this entity surface form: Morbihan department
Hennebont locatedIn Morbihan
this entity surface form: Morbihan department
Hennebont department Morbihan
Hennebont countrySubdivision Morbihan
TER Bretagne connectsRegion Morbihan
Coëtquidan locatedIn Morbihan
BAN Lann-Bihoué locatedIn Morbihan
Belle-Île locatedIn Morbihan
Belle-Île partOf Morbihan
this entity surface form: Morbihan department
Houat partOf Morbihan
this entity surface form: Morbihan department
Hœdic locatedIn Morbihan
Hœdic administrativeRegion Morbihan
this entity surface form: department of Morbihan
Carnac locatedIn Morbihan
La Trinité-sur-Mer locatedIn Morbihan
Quiberon Peninsula locatedIn Morbihan
this entity surface form: Morbihan department
Pontivy isSubprefectureOf Morbihan
arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc hasBorderWith Morbihan
this entity surface form: Morbihan department