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Morbihan

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Morbihan (môrbēäN`), department (1990 pop. 623,100), NW France, in Brittany, on the Atlantic coast. Vannes Vannes , town (1990 pop. 48,454), capital of Morbihan dept., NW France, in Brittany, on the Gulf of Morbihan. It is an important agricultural and tourist center that produces processed food, textiles, tires, metals, and construction materials.
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Morbihan
a department of NW France, in S Brittany. Capital: Vannes. Pop.: 665 540 (2003 est.). Area: 7092 sq. km (2766 sq. miles)
Morbihan 

a department of northwestern France on the Brittany Peninsula, within the bounds of the Armorican Massif. Area, 7,100 sq km; population, 547,000 (1973). Its capital is Vannes.

Fishing and agriculture are the main occupations found among the populace. Dairy farming and cattle raising make up the main branch of the area’s agriculture. Along the coastal strip vegetables are grown. Grain is also planted and apple orchards are widely found. Cider is produced; other local industries include fish canning, sawmilling, and shipbuilding.
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The missionary was a poor young man from the village of Aradon, in Brittany, in the Morbihan country.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
The repast was long and sumptuous; excellent Spanish wine, fine Morbihan oysters, exquisite fish from the mouth of the Loire, enormous prawns from Paimboeuf, and delicious game from the moors, constituted the principal part of it.
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He came in the same way as ever and said, just so: 'Do you think I am going to leave the land to those people from Morbihan that I do not know?
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