Camoël

Commune in Brittany, France

Camoël Kamoel
Commune
The church in Camoël
Location of Camoël
(2020–2026)		Bernard Le Guen^[1]
Area ¹	14.33 km² (5.53 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,122
• Density	78/km² (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56030 /56130
Elevation	0–44 m (0–144 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Camoël (French pronunciation: [kamwɛl]; Breton: Kamoel) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3]

Demographics

Inhabitants of Camoël are called in French Camoëlais.

Geography

Camoël is located in Guérande Peninsula, on the left bank of the mouth of the Vilaine river, 34 km (21 mi) southeast of Vannes . Historically it belongs to Lower Brittany. Until the 18th century, the spoken language was the breton. Most hamlets have breton names.

Map

Topographic map

References

^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file