Camoël

Commune in Brittany, France

Camoël Kamoel
Commune
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Coordinates: 47°28′58′′N 2°23′36′′W / 47.4828°N 2.3933°W / 47.4828; -2.3933
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Muzillac
Intercommunality	CA Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Le Guen^[1]
Area ¹	14.33 km² (5.53 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	1,156
• Density	81/km² (210/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

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Inhabitants of Camoël are called in French Camoëlais.

Geography

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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.