Colpo

Commune in Brittany, France

Colpo Kolpoù
Commune
The Chapelle Notre-Dame de Kerdroguen
Coat of arms
Location of Colpo
(2020–2026)		Freddy Jahier^[1]
Area ¹	26.48 km² (10.22 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,237
• Density	84/km² (220/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 km² (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%

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Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2020)^[5]

Map

Topographic map

References

^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Colpo, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE