The canton of Auray is an administrative division of the

Morbihan Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastli ...

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, northwestern

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. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. As a result the number of

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

in the canton were reduced from 9 to 7. Its seat is in

Auray Auray (; br, An Alre, or simply ) is a commune in the Morbihan department, administrative region of Brittany, northwestern France. Inhabitants of Auray are called ''Alréens'' (French) and ''Alreiz'' (Breton). Geography The city is surrounde ...

. It consists of the following

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Locmariaquer Locmariaquer (; br, Lokmaria-Kaer) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies south of Auray by road. Coat of arms This coat of arms was created 30 years ago by the local artist Jean-Baptiste Corlo ...

Plumergat Plumergat () is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Plumergat are called in French ''Plumergatais''. Geography Plumergat is located northeast of Auray, northwest of Vannes and east of Lori ...

Pluneret Pluneret (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Sainte-Anne station has rail connections to Quimper, Lorient and Vannes. Population Inhabitants of Pluneret are called in French ''Pluneretains''. Geo ...

Sainte-Anne-d'Auray Sainte-Anne-d'Auray (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. It is the third most popular pilgrimage site in France, after Lourdes and Lisieux. History Sainte-Anne-d'Auray is a village in the Diocese of ...

# Saint-Philibert

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