Porcaro
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Porcaro Port-Carotz |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Vannes | |
| Canton | Guer | |
| Community association | De l'Oust à Brocéliande Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 55 ′ N , 2 ° 12 ′ W | |
| height | 30-154 m | |
| surface | 15.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 722 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 46 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56380 | |
| INSEE code | 56180 | |
| Website | http://www.pays-de-guer.fr/module-Contenus-viewpub-tid-2-pid-10.html | |
 The Notre-Dame village church in Porcaro |
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Porcaro ( Gallo port Carotz , Breton Porzh-Karozh ) is a French municipality with 722 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .
geography
Porcaro is about fifteen kilometers east of Ploërmel in the east of the Morbihan department. The municipality is crossed by the Oyon River. Neighboring communities are Beignon in the north, Guer in the east and southeast, Monteneuf in the south and southwest, and Augan in the west.
Porcaro had a station on the former Châteaubriant – Ploërmel railway ; Today there is a campsite on the site.
history
The community was created on January 1, 1860 from parts of the communities Augan, Guer and Monteneuf.
Population development
| 1861 | 1901 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | ||
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| 912 | 986 | 597 | 581 | 538 | 580 | 565 | 510 | 626 | 675 | ||
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||||
Attractions
- Porcaro Castle (partly 13th century, partly from 1875)
- Castle of Les Touches from the 14th century
- Notre-Dame village church from 1848/49
- Sainte-Anne Chapel in Les Touches from 1620
- Malakoff Mill from the 19th century
dialect
Porcaro belongs to the area of Brittany where Gallo was spoken.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 410-411.
Web links
Commons : Porcaro - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Location and brief information about Porcaro
- Information about the history and the sights
- Additional information about Porcaro
- Porcaro on the website of the Institut géographique national
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sights of the community ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
