Saint-Marcel Sant-Marc'hell | |
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 The town hall in Saint-Marcel | |
 Location of Saint-Marcel | |
  Saint-Marcel  Saint-Marcel | |
| Coordinates:47°48′18″N2°25′03″W / 47.805°N 2.4175°W /47.805; -2.4175 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Vannes |
| Canton | Moréac |
| Intercommunality | CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2022–2026) | Armelle Robert[1] |
Area 1 | 12.81 km2 (4.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,129 |
| • Density | 88.13/km2 (228.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56228 /56140 |
| Elevation | 12–112 m (39–367 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Marcel (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃maʁsɛl]ⓘ;Breton:Sant-Marc'hell) is acommune in theMorbihandepartment ofBrittany in north-westernFrance.[3]
Saint-Marcel houses theMuseum of the Breton Resistance which commemorates the uprising of the Maquis of Saint-Marcel (3,000 fighters) and 200Free FrenchSAS parachutists in 18 June 1944, which the French force under command of Colonel Morice (Paul Chenailler), Free French Pierre Bourgoin andAndré Hue came under German attack.
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