La Trinité-sur-Mer

La Trinité-sur-Mer
La Trinité-sur-Mer; An Drinded-Karnag
	Commune
	La Trinité-sur-Mer
	Coat of arms
	Location of La Trinité-sur-Mer
	La Trinité-sur-Mer La Trinité-sur-Mer
	Coordinates: 47°35′10″N 3°01′42″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Quiberon
Intercommunality	Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Government
• Mayor (2020—2026)	Yves Normand
Area 1	6.20 km2 (2.39 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	1,610
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56258 /56470
Elevation	0–31 m (0–102 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Trinité-sur-Mer (An Drinded-Karnag in Breton), is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany, in north-western France.

It is located east of Carnac. The town is primarily a port, with a seaside quay dotted by numerous seafood restaurants. The town is also known for its watersport competitions.

Separated from the well known commune of Carnac in 1864, several of the famous neolithic standing stones in the Carnac stones fall within its boundaries, including the dolmens of Kerdeneven and Kermarquer, and the Petit-Ménec Alignments.

Landmarks

'Pont de Kerisper' (Kerisper bridge)

The Pont de Kerisper connects the commune to the neighbouring Saint-Philibert. The current bridge is a replacement, built in 1956, of the previous bridge which was destroyed by German bombing.[2]

Demographics

Inhabitants of La Trinité-sur-Mer are called Trinitains.

Notable residents

Jean-Marie Le Pen, far-right politician and perennial presidential candidate, was born in the commune. As of 2016, he owns a house in the town with his daughter, Marine Le Pen, via a family business, Pavillon de L'Ecuyer.[3]
Alain Barrière, singer, born in 1935

Events

The 2008 Sywoc (Student Yachting World Cup) took place in La Trinité-sur-Mer (25 October - 1 November 2008).

Sea front as seen from the marina

The 2010 European Championship Soling took place in La Trinité-sur-Mer from 28- AUG till 3 SEP.

gollark: Come to think of it, it would make more sense to only have a few universal constructor factories and have them produce non-replicating miner probes.

gollark: Oh, right, nonselfreplicators.

gollark: We can't, only 220 minerals.

gollark: I say we should make maybe 3 more computers, one as a spare and two to run research.

gollark: I wonder if we'll get a surprise Belter probe eventually.

References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
(in French)http://frobar.info/golfe/trinite.php
"Marine Le Pen, une riche propriétaire (comme son père)". Le Nouvel Observateur. January 27, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.

Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
INSEE commune file

External links

(in French) Town website
(in French) Tourist office
(in French) Gencom site (many links)
(in French) Architecture of La Trinité sur Mer
(in French) La Trinité-sur-Mer on the Institut Géographique National website
(in French) La Trinité-sur-Mer on Insee site
(in French) Nearest towns to La Trinité-sur-Mer

The yachting harbour

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[2] (in French)http://frobar.info/golfe/trinite.php

[nouvelobsricheproprietaire-3] "Marine Le Pen, une riche propriétaire (comme son père)". Le Nouvel Observateur. January 27, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.