Saint-Jean-Brévelay
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Saint-Jean-Brévelay () is a
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in 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 coastl ...
department of
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in north-western
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.INSEE commune file
/ref> Inhabitants of Saint-Jean-Brévelay are called in French ''Brévelais''.


Administration

The mayor of Saint-Jean-Brévelay is Guénaël Robin. Saint-Jean-Brévelay is part of the
communauté de communes A ''communauté de communes'' (, "community of communes") is a federation of municipalities (communes) in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together. It is the least-integrated form of ''intercommunalité'' (in ...
Centre Morbihan Communauté.


International relations

Saint-Jean-Brévelay is twinned with Botley, United Kingdom.


Sport

Two football clubs bear the name of Saint-Jean-Brévelay, ''Espérance Football-Club de Saint-Jean-Brévelay'' and ''Amicale Sportive Brévelaise''. Both clubs share the ''Stade Municipal'' for their home games. There are two clubs in this small city for historical and religious reasons, the first one is catholic and the second one is secular.


See also

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Communes of the Morbihan department The following is a list of the 249 communes of the Morbihan department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Mayors of Morbihan Association
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