La Trinité-sur-Mer

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La Trinité-sur-Mer
on Drinded-Karnag
Coat of arms of La Trinité-sur-Mer
La Trinité-sur-Mer (France)
La Trinité-sur-Mer
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Lorient
Canton Quiberon
Community association Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Coordinates 47 ° 35 ′  N , 3 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 35 ′  N , 3 ° 2 ′  W
height 0-31 m
surface 6.20 km 2
Residents 1,610 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 260 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56470
INSEE code
Website www.la-trinite-sur-mer.fr

La Trinité-sur-Mer ( Breton: An Drinded-Karnag ) is a French commune . It is located in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany between the Quiberon -Halbinsel and the Gulf of Morbihan , on the estuary of the river Crac'h . The population is 1610 (as of January 1, 2017).

The place is a famous yacht harbor in Brittany. There are several larger yachts in it, especially multihulls ( catamarans and trimarans ). The port is partly used by larger boats to prepare for long-distance journeys (especially circumnavigations of the world).

The Allée couverte Mané-Roullarde (also called Er-Groh) is located on a hill above the port of Trinité-sur-Mer.

From 1901 to 1935 La Trinité was the terminus of an overland tram to Étel .

Personalities

Attractions

See: List of Monuments historiques in La Trinité-sur-Mer

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 858-859.

Web links

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