Arradon

Arradon Aradon
Commune
The town hall in Arradon
Coat of arms
Location of Arradon
Arradon Arradon
Coordinates: 47°37′35″N 2°49′20″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Vannes-2
Intercommunality	Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Barret
Area 1	18.49 km2 (7.14 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	5,835
• Density	315.6/km2 (817.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56003 /56610
Elevation	0–61 m (0–200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arradon (French pronunciation: [aʁadɔ̃]; Breton: Aradon) is a commune in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region in northwestern France.

Gulf of Morbihan in Arradon

Population

The inhabitants of Arradon are known as Arradonnais in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,349	—
1800	1,212	−1.52%
1806	1,151	−0.86%
1821	1,450	+1.55%
1831	1,364	−0.61%
1836	1,503	+1.96%
1841	1,404	−1.35%
1846	1,496	+1.28%
1851	1,577	+1.06%
1856	1,535	−0.54%
1861	1,554	+0.25%
1866	1,595	+0.52%
1872	1,470	−1.35%
1876	1,598	+2.11%
1881	1,729	+1.59%
1886	1,819	+1.02%
1891	1,790	−0.32%
1896	1,793	+0.03%
1901	1,808	+0.17%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	1,932	+1.34%
1911	1,889	−0.45%
1921	1,801	−0.48%
1926	1,768	−0.37%
1931	1,674	−1.09%
1936	1,609	−0.79%
1946	2,053	+2.47%
1954	1,782	−1.75%
1962	1,653	−0.93%
1968	1,976	+3.02%
1975	2,760	+4.89%
1982	3,706	+4.30%
1990	4,317	+1.93%
1999	4,719	+0.99%
2007	5,215	+1.26%
2012	5,463	+0.93%
2017	5,340	−0.45%
2023	5,835	+1.49%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

Map

Topographic map

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

External links

• Official site (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)