Berné

Commune in Brittany, France

Berné Berne
Commune
The parish church in Berné
Location of Berné
(2020–2026)		David Guilloux^[1]
Area ¹	34.77 km² (13.42 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	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.

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

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%

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Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2020)^[4]

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

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

References

^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Berné, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE