Caudan

Commune in Brittany, France

Caudan Kaodan
Commune
German army surrender in a field in Caudan on August 10, 1945.
Location of Caudan
(2020–2026)		Fabrice Vély^[1]
Area ¹	42.63 km² (16.46 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	7,074
• Density	170/km² (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56036 /56850
Elevation	2–84 m (6.6–275.6 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Caudan (French pronunciation: [kodɑ̃]; Breton: Kaodan) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.INSEE commune file The writer Yvonne Chauffin (1905–1995), laureate of the Prix Breizh in 1970, died in Caudan.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Caudan are called in French Caudanais.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,686	—
1975	4,764	+8.53%
1982	5,819	+2.90%
1990	6,674	+1.73%
1999	6,744	+0.12%
2007	6,825	+0.15%
2012	6,806	−0.06%
2017	6,838	+0.09%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Geography

Caudan is a suburb of Lorient city, located north of the town of Lanester.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE