Le Palais

Commune in Brittany, France

Le Palais Porzh-Lae
Commune
Ferry in the harbour
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Le Palais
(2020–2026)		Tibault Grollemund^[1]
Area ¹	17.43 km² (6.73 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,552
• Density	150/km² (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56152 /56360
Elevation	0–58 m (0–190 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Palais (French pronunciation: [lə palɛ]; Breton: Porzh-Lae) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in northwestern France.^[3] It is one of the four communes on the island of Belle Île.

Geography

Le Palais is one of the four communes of Belle île en Mer. It is the most populated. It houses the administrative center and the main port of the island. The town centre is located 4.5 km (2.8 mi) northeast of Bangor, 5.8 km (3.6 mi) southeast of Sauzon and 8 km (5.0 mi) northwest of Locmaria.

Map

Topographic map.

Population

Inhabitants of Le Palais are called in French Palantins. Le Palais's population peaked in 1872.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,504	—
1800	2,307	−1.16%
1806	3,107	+5.09%
1821	3,258	+0.32%
1831	3,584	+0.96%
1836	3,646	+0.34%
1841	4,544	+4.50%
1846	4,551	+0.03%
1851	4,972	+1.79%
1856	4,845	−0.52%
1861	4,896	+0.21%
1866	4,852	−0.18%
1872	5,456	+1.97%
1876	4,885	−2.73%
1881	4,801	−0.35%
1886	5,126	+1.32%
1891	5,113	−0.05%
1896	4,931	−0.72%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	4,964	+0.13%
1906	4,949	−0.06%
1911	4,950	+0.00%
1921	3,185	−4.31%
1926	3,206	+0.13%
1931	2,802	−2.66%
1936	2,786	−0.11%
1946	2,208	−2.30%
1954	2,724	+2.66%
1962	2,728	+0.02%
1968	2,661	−0.41%
1975	2,634	−0.15%
1982	2,389	−1.39%
1990	2,435	+0.24%
1999	2,457	+0.10%
2009	2,545	+0.35%
2014	2,580	+0.27%
2020	2,536	−0.29%

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Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2020)^[5]

References

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