Camors

Camors Kamorzh
Commune
The Lambel - Camors railway station
Coat of arms
Camors Camors
Coordinates: 47°50′55″N 2°59′59″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Pluvigner
Intercommunality	Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Jarno
Area 1	37.09 km2 (14.32 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56031 /56330
Elevation	27–137 m (89–449 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Camors (French pronunciation: ​[kamɔʁ]; Breton: Kamorzh) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Geography

The village is situated in the heart of a forest-covered region named the Landes de Lanvaux. The village centre is located 24 km (15 mi) south of Pontivy, 28 km (17 mi) northwest of Vannes, and 29 km (18 mi) northeast of Lorient. With the River Tarun, its main tributary, the Ével forms the commune's northern border. The village centre is surrounded by the forest of Floranges and the national forest of Camors. Apart from the village centre, there are the village of Lambel-Camors and the village of Locoal-Camors and several hamlets.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Camors are called in French Camoriens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,814 —     1800 1,682 −1.07% 1806 1,526 −1.61% 1821 1,715 +0.78% 1831 1,832 +0.66% 1836 1,953 +1.29% 1841 2,007 +0.55% 1846 2,140 +1.29% 1851 2,100 −0.38% 1856 2,040 −0.58% 1861 2,086 +0.45% 1866 2,196 +1.03% 1872 2,168 −0.21% 1876 2,210 +0.48% 1881 2,322 +0.99% 1886 2,384 +0.53% 1891 2,512 +1.05% 1896 2,553 +0.32%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,603 +0.39% 1906 2,697 +0.71% 1911 2,802 +0.77% 1921 2,759 −0.15% 1926 2,894 +0.96% 1931 3,036 +0.96% 1936 2,995 −0.27% 1946 3,018 +0.08% 1954 2,545 −2.11% 1962 2,557 +0.06% 1968 2,436 −0.80% 1975 2,300 −0.82% 1982 2,321 +0.13% 1990 2,375 +0.29% 1999 2,353 −0.10% 2008 2,753 +1.76% 2013 2,954 +1.42% 2019 3,066 +0.62%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2019)

Map

Topographic map

History

In the past, the inhabitants lived off the resources of the forest; they were clog makers, charcoal makers, sawyers, woodcutters...The last clogmaker in Morbihan lived in Camors.

Points of interest

• Arboretum de Camors

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)