Carnac

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Carnac is a commune in Brittany, northwestern France, best known for its extensive prehistoric standing stone alignments and megalithic sites.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Carnac canonical 3
Carnac megalithic complex 1
Carnac stones 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France
administrativeStatus commune
contains Carnac stones
surface form: Carnac alignments

Kerlescan alignments
Kermario alignments
Musée de préhistoire du Pech Merle
surface form: Maison des Mégalithes

Ménec alignments
Tumulus of Saint-Michel
country France
demonyms Carnacois
Carnacoises
departmentCode 56
hasClimate oceanic climate
hasHeritageStatus protected archaeological site
hasRelief coastal dunes
low hills
hasReligiousBuilding Église Saint-Cornély de Carnac
hasTouristAttraction Carnac-Plage
prehistoric museum
heritagePeriod Neolithic period
surface form: Neolithic
INSEECODE 56034
knownFor Carnac stones
megalithic sites
prehistoric standing stone alignments
tourism
languageUsed French
locatedIn Brittany
Morbihan
Western France
surface form: northwestern France
locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
locatedOn Quiberon Bay
surface form: Bay of Quiberon
nearbyCommune Crach
Erdeven
La Trinité-sur-Mer
Plouharnel
partOf arrondissement of Lorient
canton of Quiberon
postalCode 56340
primaryEconomicActivity fishing
oyster farming
tourism
regionalLanguage Breton
stoneAlignmentsEstimatedDate c. 4500–3300 BCE
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST

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Referenced by (6)

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

Quiberon Bay near Carnac
Morbihan contains Carnac
Morbihan contains Carnac
this entity surface form: Carnac stones
Morbihan contains Carnac
this entity surface form: alignments of Carnac
Morbihan hasHeritageSite Carnac
this entity surface form: Carnac megalithic complex
La Trinité-sur-Mer near Carnac