Hennebont
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| Commune of Hennebont | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | -3.28° |
| Latitude | 47.8° |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Bretagne |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Hennebont (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Lorient |
| Mayor | Gérard Perron (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m–82 m (avg. 5 m) |
| Land area¹ | 18.57 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
13,412 |
| - Density (1999) | 722/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56083/ 56700 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Hennebont (Breton: Henbont) is a commune in western France (in the historic region of Brittany), in the Morbihan département.
[edit] Geography
It is situated about ten miles from the mouth of the Blavet, which divides it into two parts: the Ville Close, the medieval military town, and the Ville Neuve on the left bank and the Vieille Ville on the right. The Ville Neuve developed during the 17th century and later than the Ville Close, while the Vieille Ville is older than either.
[edit] History
Hennebont is famed for its resistance, under Joanna of Flanders, the widow of Jean de Montfort, to the armies of Philip of Valois and Charles of Blois when besieged in 1342 during the War of the Breton Succession.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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