Carentoir

Carentoir Karantoer
Commune
The church of Saint Marcoul, in Carentoir
Coat of arms
Location of Carentoir
Carentoir Carentoir
Coordinates: 47°49′03″N 2°07′59″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Guer
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	David Naël
Area 1	72.87 km2 (28.14 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	3,232
• Density	44.35/km2 (114.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56033 /56910
Elevation	7–109 m (23–358 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carentoir (French pronunciation: [kaʁɑ̃twaʁ]; Breton: Karantoer) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Quelneuc was merged into Carentoir. It is where the entertainment company Ubisoft was founded.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,025	—
1975	2,967	−0.28%
1982	3,137	+0.80%
1990	3,025	−0.45%
1999	3,029	+0.01%
2007	3,256	+0.91%
2012	3,283	+0.17%
2017	3,165	−0.73%
2023	3,232	+0.35%
Source: INSEE

Inhabitants of Carentoir are called in French Carentoriens.

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)