Colpo

Colpo Kolpoù
Commune
The Chapelle Notre-Dame de Kerdroguen
Coat of arms
Location of Colpo
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Coordinates: 47°49′12″N 2°48′32″W / 47.82°N 2.8089°W / 47.82; -2.8089
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Grand-Champ
Intercommunality	Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Freddy Jahier[1]
Area ^1	26.48 km^2 (10.22 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,258
• Density	85.27/km^2 (220.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56042 /56390
Elevation	52–156 m (171–512 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Colpo (French pronunciation: [kɔlpo]; Breton: Kolpoù) is a commune in the Morbihan department of the region of Brittany in north-western France.^[3]

Demographics

Inhabitants of Colpo are called Colpéens.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1866 973 —     1872 1,000 +0.46% 1876 1,286 +6.49% 1881 1,016 −4.60% 1886 1,106 +1.71% 1891 1,157 +0.91% 1896 1,161 +0.07% 1901 1,203 +0.71% 1906 1,232 +0.48% 1911 1,268 +0.58% 1921 1,234 −0.27% 1926 1,177 −0.94% 1931 1,246 +1.15%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 1,254 +0.13% 1946 1,308 +0.42% 1954 1,230 −0.77% 1962 1,222 −0.08% 1968 1,231 +0.12% 1975 1,158 −0.87% 1982 1,378 +2.52% 1990 1,659 +2.35% 1999 1,809 +0.97% 2009 2,216 +2.05% 2014 2,247 +0.28% 2020 2,216 −0.23%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2020)[5]

Map

Topographic map

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

1. "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Colpo, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

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