Department of Morbihan
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Date:
1790
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Location: Morbihan, France
Surname/tag: FRENCH_ROOTS
Location: Morbihan, France
Surname/tag: FRENCH_ROOTS
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Morbihan is a department in 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 coastline.
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History
Morbihan is one of the first 83 departments created during the French Revolution in 1790. It was created from a part of the duchy of Brittany.
Geography
Morbihan is part of the region of Brittany; it is surrounded by the departments of Finistère, Côtes-d'Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine, and Loire-Atlantique, and the Atlantic Ocean on the southwest.
The Gulf of Morbihan has many islands: 365 according to legend. There are actually between 30 and 40, depending on how they are counted.
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