Kerfourn

Commune in Brittany, France

Kerfourn Kerforn
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Kerfourn
(2020–2026)		Joël Marivain^[1]
Area ¹	19.46 km² (7.51 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	831
• Density	43/km² (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56092 /56920
Elevation	92–138 m (302–453 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Kerfourn (French pronunciation: [kɛʁfuʁn]; Breton: Kerforn) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3] It is around 8 km east of Pontivy. Inhabitants of Kerfourn are called Kerfournois.

Governance

The first mayor from 1841 to 1871 was Mathurin le Guernic. The actual mayor is Joël Marivain, elected in 2008, reelected in 2014 and 2020.

Landmarks

Church Saint-Eloi-and-Saint-Vincent
Fountain Saint-Eloi
Fountain Saint-Vincent
Calvary of Guerdaner
Great Calvary
Calvary of Pembual

References

^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kerfourn.

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