Berné (; ''Berne'' in

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) is a commune in the

Morbihan The Morbihan ( , ; ) is a departments of France, department in the administrative region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Gulf of Morbihan, Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton ...

department in

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in northwestern

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Population

Inhabitants of Berné are called ''Bernéens''.

Geography

Berné is located in the western part of Morbihan, north of

Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town (''Communes of France, commune'') and Port, seaport in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginn ...

, west of

Pontivy Pontivy (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Morbihan Departments of France, department in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest. ...

and northwest of

Vannes Vannes (; , , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Morbihan, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern mainland France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic ...

. The commune is wooded and hilly. The forest of Pontcallec cover a large part of the commune's area. The river

Scorff The Scorff (; ) River flows from central Brittany and enters the Atlantic Ocean on the south coast in Lorient. The Scorff rises north of Langoëlan, in the Morbihan department, and flows through the towns of Guémené-sur-Scorff and Pont-Scorf ...

forms the commune's eastern and southern borders.

Map

History

Second world war

Seventeen French resistance fighters were shot dead by the German soldiers in the Landordu wood. Some victims were buried alive. Their bodies were exhumed on 6 July 1944.

List of places

Gallery

File:1076 Château de Pont-Calleck.jpg, Pontcallec castle File:1083 Chapelle Sainte-Anne-des-Bois.jpg, St Anne des Bois's chapel File:356 Chapelle Saint-Albaud Berné.jpg, St Albaud's chapel File:357 Chapelle Saint-Albaud Berné.jpg, St Albaud's chapel File:Berné sacré coeur.JPG, Sacré Coeur

References

External links

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Mayors of Morbihan Association
Communes of Morbihan {{Morbihan-geo-stub