Morlaix
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Commune of Morlaix | |
Location | |
Longitude | -3.83° |
Latitude | 48.58° |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Bretagne |
Department | Finistère (sous-préfecture) |
Arrondissement | Morlaix |
Canton | Morlaix (chief town) |
Mayor | Michel Le Goff (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | m–m (avg. m) |
Land area¹ | 24.82 km² |
Population² (1999) |
15,990 |
- Density (1999) | 644/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 29151/ 29600 |
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). | |
Morlaix (Breton: Montroulez) is a commune in the Finistère département in Brittany, North-West France.
Morlaix is twinned with the city of Truro in Cornwall, United Kingdom. There is an airport in Morlaix, the Morlaix Ploujean Airport.
Renowed French impressionaire Paul Sérusiere died in Morlaix.
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