Three major military educational facilities are located in Guer, includingÉcole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, the national military academy for officers.
The Morbihan is one of the original 83 departments created on 4 March 1790 during theFrench Revolution. It was created from a part of theProvince of Brittany.
In 1945, cadets fromÉcole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, France's foremost military academy for officers, were relocated toCamp Coëtquidan (Camp de Coëtquidan) in Guer. This has been developed to include also theÉcole militaire interarmes (inter-services military school), for non-commissioned officers; and École Militaire du Corps Technique et Administratif (military school of the technical and administrative corps).
TheGulf of Morbihan has many islands: 365 according to legend. There are actually between 30 and 40, depending on how they are counted. There are also many islets that are too small for any development. Of these islands, all but two are privately owned: l'Île-aux-Moines and l'Île-d'Arz. Owners of the others include movie stars, fashion designers, and other wealthy "glitterati".
In the department of the Morbihan, but outside the Gulf, there are four inhabited islands:
The most populous commune isLorient; the prefectureVannes is the second-most populous. As of 2019, there are 6 communes with more than 15,000 inhabitants:[4]
As of 2014, thepréfet of the Morbihan is Jean-François Savy, previously head of the Prefectures ofArdennes and ofHautes-Alpes.[7] The president of the Departmental Council is David Lappartient, elected in July 2021.
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