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Quiberon
	Commune of Quiberon
	Kiberen
	Location
Coordinates	47°29′03″N 3°07′09″W / 47.48417°N 3.11917°W
Administration
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Quiberon
Mayor	Jean-Michel Belz; (2008—2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–33 m (0–110 ft); (avg. 15 m/49 ft)
Land area1	8.83 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population2	5,073 (1999)
- Density	575 /km2 (1,490 /sq mi)
	Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	56186/ 56170
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
	2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 47°29′03″N 3°07′09″W / 47.48417°N 3.11917°W / 47.48417; -3.11917

Quiberon (Breton: Kiberen) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Bretagne in north-western France.

It is situated on the southern part of a peninsula of Quiberon, the northern part being the commune of Saint-Pierre-Quiberon. It is primarily known as a seaside resort for the French during summer, and for its history of sardine production.

[edit] History

Quiberon seen from Spot Satellite

During the Seven Years War the bay was the site of the Battle of Quiberon Bay between the French and British fleets. In the French Revolution, in July 1795 Quiberon was used by French Royalist exiles, with assistance from the British, as the base for a failed invasion of Brittany (traditionally a royalist area). The invasion was defeated by the Revolutionaries under general Lazare Hoche.

In the 19th century, Nicolas Appert, a chemist, tuned a technique that permitted the sterilization of food. Thanks to this process, Quiberon became the leading harbour for sardine fishing and the production of canned sardines in France. Many families from the Finistère département migrated to Quiberon for the fishing season (May to October). When the men put out to sea, the women worked in the sardine can factories.

The railway between Auray and Quiberon was inaugurated in 1882. It deeply changed Quiberon's inhabitants' way of life. Fishing, canning and the exploitation of seaweed has been replaced by tourism. At that time, some famous people went to Quiberon for a stay, including the writer Gustave Flaubert, Anatole France and Sarah Bernhardt. The year 1924 was important for the peninsula because it was classified as health resort. Now, the main resources for Quiberon come from tourism.

[edit] Monuments

Statue of Lazare Hoche

Église Notre-Dame de Locmaria, 19th century chapel
Prehistoric site
Musée de la mer (Museum of the sea)
Monument to the Battle of Quiberon between the Revolutionaries and Royalists

[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants of Quiberon are called Quiberonnais.

[edit] Twinning

Looe (Cornwall)
Kempten, Bavaria, Germany, since 1971 (initially with the municipality St. Mang)

[edit] Use in popular culture

Quiberon is the home of a professional Quidditch team operating within the fictional Harry Potter universe. The Quiberon Quafflepunchers team members players wear shocking-pink robes.^[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ Whisp, Kennilworthy (2001). Quidditch Through the Ages. WhizzHard Books. pp. 31-46. ISBN 1551924544.

Mayors of Morbihan Association (French)
INSEE commune file

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Quiberon

City website (French)
Tourism Office website (French)
French Ministry of Culture list for Quiberon (French)
Map of Quiberon on Michelin (English)

[0] Whisp, Kennilworthy (2001). Quidditch Through the Ages. WhizzHard Books. pp. 31-46. ISBN 1551924544.

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