Berné

Berné (French pronunciation: [bɛʁne]; Berne in Breton) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Berné Berne
Commune
The parish church in Berné
Location of Berné
Berné Berné
Coordinates: 47°59′44″N 3°23′28″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Pontivy
Canton	Gourin
Intercommunality	Roi Morvan Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	David Guilloux
Area 1	34.77 km2 (13.42 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,562
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56014 /56240
Elevation	36–166 m (118–545 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Berné are called Bernéens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,751 —     1800 1,764 +0.11% 1806 1,773 +0.08% 1821 2,022 +0.88% 1831 2,668 +2.81% 1836 2,210 −3.70% 1841 1,876 −3.22% 1846 1,959 +0.87% 1851 1,941 −0.18% 1856 1,711 −2.49% 1861 1,766 +0.63% 1866 1,863 +1.08% 1872 1,777 −0.78% 1876 1,912 +1.85% 1881 1,984 +0.74% 1886 1,886 −1.01% 1891 1,904 +0.19% 1896 1,953 +0.51%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,930 −0.24% 1906 1,953 +0.24% 1911 2,030 +0.78% 1921 1,993 −0.18% 1926 1,989 −0.04% 1931 1,918 −0.72% 1936 1,897 −0.22% 1946 1,968 +0.37% 1954 1,804 −1.08% 1962 1,685 −0.85% 1968 1,592 −0.94% 1975 1,508 −0.77% 1982 1,425 −0.81% 1990 1,350 −0.67% 1999 1,316 −0.28% 2009 1,501 +1.32% 2014 1,510 +0.12% 2020 1,545 +0.38%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2020)

Geography

Berné is located in the western part of Morbihan, 28 km (17 mi) north of Lorient, 32 km (20 mi) west of Pontivy and 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Vannes. The commune is wooded and hilly. The forest of Pontcallec cover a large part of the commune's area. The river Scorff forms the commune's eastern and southern borders.

Map

Topographic 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 July 6, 1944.

List of places

Bel Air Bois du Crocq Bonot Botcoal Castel Bouille Château de Pontcallec Clonze, le Coadic Noguel Coat Cren Coët Cado Corgat Corroncq, le Cosquer Croix des Nations, la Croix Verte, la Foloben Forges, les Ganach Gare, la Garenne, la Guergoat Guernalgout

Guernegal Guernemoulin Guernevé Keralès Keravel Kerbillet Kerbrest Kerfany Kerfernand Kergaduret Kergal Kergroise Kerham Kerharff Kerhenry Kerhério Kerhoat Kerihuel Keriquel Kerjean Kerléadec Kerlivio

Kerloc Kerloise Kerlosquet Kermarrec Kerninnec Kerpriol Kersivy Kerveno Kerybois Lan Pellan Landordu Leannec, le Léty, le Leurven Manébihan Manépile Marta, le Mengleu Menguen Moulin de Corroncq Moulin de Kerlous Moulin de Poulhibet

Nahellec Namouhic Nénévé, le Nervoudic Noguel Noguello Ouadec Vihan Ouadec Vras Pellan Perihuec Péros, le Pont Bellec Pont Callec Pont Neuf, le Pont Zinsec Pontouzic Pontulaire Portz en Tallec Poulgroix Poulhibet Prat er Gazec Resclen

Rescorbel Roc,le Rohorven Ronz er Moal Rotu, le Rullan Rustehen Saint Albaud Saint Germain Sainte Anne des Bois Storec Sur la Bosse Tachen Manac'h Toulhosparc Tromelin Ty Neve Kerlivio Tylen Ty Nevé Ty Nicol Véchen Villeneuve Zinzec Zinzec

Gallery

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  Pontcallec castle
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  St Anne des Bois's chapel
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  St Albaud's chapel
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  St Albaud's chapel
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  Sacré Coeur

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)