La Trinité-sur-Mer is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Morbihan

Morbihan

Morbihan is a department in Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan , the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastline.-History:...

 department in Brittany, in north-western France

France

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.

It is located east of Carnac

Carnac

Carnac is a commune beside the Gulf of Morbihan on the south coast of Brittany in the Morbihan department in north-western France.Its inhabitants are called Carnacois...

. 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

Carnac

Carnac is a commune beside the Gulf of Morbihan on the south coast of Brittany in the Morbihan department in north-western France.Its inhabitants are called Carnacois...

 in 1864, several of the famous neolithic standing stones in the Carnac stones

Carnac stones

The Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites around the French village of Carnac, in Brittany, consisting of alignments, dolmens, tumuli and single menhirs. The more than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local rock and erected by the pre-Celtic people...

 fall within its boundaries, including the dolmens of Kerdeneven and Kermarquer, and the Petit-Ménec Alignments.

Landmarks

The Pont de Kerisper connects the commune to the neighbouring Saint-Philibert

Saint-Philibert, Morbihan

Saint-Philibert is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.-Demographics:Inhabitants of Saint-Philibert are called in French Saint-Philibertains.-References:* * -External links:* *...

. The current bridge is a replacement, built in 1956, of the previous bridge which was destroyed by German bombing.

People

• Jean-Marie Le Pen
  Jean-Marie Le Pen
  Jean-Marie Le Pen is a French far right-wing and nationalist politician who is founder and former president of the Front National party. Le Pen has run for the French presidency five times, most notably in 2002, when in a surprise upset he came second, polling more votes in the first round than...
  
  , far-right politician and perennial presidential candidate, was born in the commune.
• Alain Barrière
  Alain Barrière
  Alain Barrière is a French singer, who has been active since the 1950s and is known for participating in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest.- Early life :...
  
  , singer, born in 1935

Events

• The 2008 Sywoc
  Sywoc
  The SYWoC or Student Yachting World Cup is an annual sailing competition for students which was created in 1979 and is held in France.-The Student Yachting World Cup:...
  
   (Student Yachting World Cup) took place in La Trinité-sur-Mer (25 October - 1 November 2008).

• The 2010 European Championship Soling
  Soling
  A Soling is a class of open keelboat designed by Jan Linge of Norway in 1965. In 1968, it was chosen from among many other boats to be the men's triple-handed boat for the 1972 Olympics...
  
  will take place in La Trinité-sur-Mer from 28- AUG till 3 SEP.

External links

Town website Tourist office Gencom site (lots of links) Architecture of La Trinité sur Mer La Trinité-sur-Mer on the Institut Géographique National website La Trinité-sur-Mer on Insee site Quid Nearest towns to La Trinité-sur-Mer La Trinité-sur-Mer on a map of France